唱紅臉

Chinese

		sing; to call loudly; to chant
trad. (唱紅臉)		唱	紅臉
simp. (唱红脸)		唱	红脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàng hóngliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³ hung⁴ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàng hóngliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàng hóngliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴ hung²-lien³
    • Yale: chàng húng-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq hornglean
    • Palladius: чан хунлянь (čan xunljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ xʊŋ³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chànghóngliǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chànghóngliǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴-hung²-lien³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chàng-húng-lyǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanqhorngleal
    • Palladius: чанхунляньр (čanxunljanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ xʊŋ³⁵ li̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng³ hung⁴ lim⁵
    • Yale: cheung hùhng líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³ hung⁴ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng³ hung⁴ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ³³ hʊŋ²¹ liːm¹³/

Verb

唱⫽紅臉 (verb-object)

1. (figurative, idiomatic) to play as the "good cop" in a good cop bad cop tactic; to pacify or appease while having one's partner threatening or punishing the same target

Antonyms

• 唱白臉／唱白脸 (chàng báiliǎn)