看臉

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	face
trad. (看臉)		看	臉
simp. (看脸)		看	脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-lien³
    • Yale: kàn-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannlean
    • Palladius: каньлянь (kanʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

看臉

1. (neologism, slang) to judge people based on their looks

   這是一個看臉的時代。 [MSC, trad.]
   这是一个看脸的时代。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè shì yīge kànliǎn de shídài. [Pinyin]

   This is a face-judging era.