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

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)

(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)

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