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Definition 2024

挽回面子

挽回面子

Chinese

		to save; to recover	outer part; outside; face
simp. and trad. (挽回面子)		挽回	面子

Verb

挽回面子

to save face

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wǎnhuí miànzi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄗ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁵ wui⁴ min⁶ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎnhuí miànzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄗ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanhwei miann.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁵ wui⁴ min⁶ zi²
  - Yale: wáahn wùih mihn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁵ wui⁴ min⁶ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑːn¹³ wuːi̯²¹ miːn²² t͡siː³⁵/