翻臉

See also: 翻脸

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	face
trad. (翻臉)		翻	臉
simp. (翻脸)		翻	脸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fānliǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢㄌㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ lim⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fānliǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fanliǎn
  - Wade–Giles: fan¹-lien³
  - Yale: fān-lyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanlean
  - Palladius: фаньлянь (fanʹljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ lim⁵
  - Yale: fāan líhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ lim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ lim⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ liːm¹³/

Verb

翻⫽臉 (verb-object)

to suddenly turn hostile; to fall out with

Synonyms

反面 (Cantonese, Hakka)
捋面 (Hokkien)
翻 (fān)
變臉／变脸 (biànliǎn)
變面／变面 (bi̿ng-mīng) (Northern Min, Hokkien, Teochew)
起屁面 (Hokkien)
鬧翻／闹翻 (nàofān)

Derived terms

翻臉不認人／翻脸不认人 (fānliǎn bù rèn rén)
翻臉無情／翻脸无情

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