臉書

See also: 脸书

Chinese

		face	book; letter
trad. (臉書)		臉	書
simp. (脸书)		脸	书

Etymology

Calque of English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liǎnshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁵ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liǎnshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liǎnshu
    • Wade–Giles: Lien³-shu¹
    • Yale: Lyǎn-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leanshu
    • Palladius: Ляньшу (Ljanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lim⁵ syu¹
    • Yale: líhm syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁵ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lim⁵ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm¹³ syː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

臉書

1. (unofficial, Internet) Facebook

Synonyms

• 面書／面书 (Miànshū), 臉譜／脸谱 (liǎnpǔ)
• (Cantonese) 飛卜／飞卜, 非時卜／非时卜, 飛時卜／飞时卜, 非士卜, 飛士卜／飞士卜, 非屎卜, 飛屎卜／飞屎卜
• (slang (Mandarin)) 非死不可 (Fēisǐbùkě)
• (Hokkien) 面冊／面册