抹臉

Chinese

		girdle; brassiere; to plaster girdle; brassiere; to plaster; play; to smear	face
trad. (抹臉)		抹	臉
simp. (抹脸)		抹	脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māliǎn, mǒliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ ㄌㄧㄢˇ, ㄇㄛˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut³ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: maliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹-lien³
    • Yale: mā-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhalean
    • Palladius: малянь (maljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǒliǎn [Phonetic: móliǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǒliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: mo³-lien³
    • Yale: mwǒ-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moolean
    • Palladius: молянь (moljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut³ lim⁵
    • Yale: mut líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁸ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud³ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚³ liːm¹³/

Verb

抹臉

1. (informal) to be strict with somebody all of a sudden