唱白臉

Chinese

		sing; to call loudly; to chant	white face; white face
trad. (唱白臉)		唱	白臉
simp. (唱白脸)		唱	白脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàng báiliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³ baak⁶ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàng báiliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàng báiliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴ pai²-lien³
    • Yale: chàng bái-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq bairlean
    • Palladius: чан байлянь (čan bajljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàngbáiliǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàngbáiliǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴-pai²-lien³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chàng-bái-lyǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanqbairleal
    • Palladius: чанбайляньр (čanbajljanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng³ baak⁶ lim⁵
    • Yale: cheung baahk líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³ baak⁹ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng³ bag⁶ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ³³ paːk̚² liːm¹³/

Verb

唱⫽白臉 (verb-object)

1. (figurative, idiomatic) to play as the "bad cop" in a good cop bad cop tactic; to threaten or punish while having one's partner pacifying or appeasing the same target

Antonyms

• 唱紅臉／唱红脸 (chàng hóngliǎn)