丟人

See also: 丢人

Chinese

		to lose; to put aside; to throw	man; person; people
trad. (丟人/丢人)		丟/丢	人
simp. (丢人)		丢	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diūrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄡ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ jan⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiu-lîn / tiu-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diūrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄡ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diourén
    • Wade–Giles: tiu¹-jên²
    • Yale: dyōu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diouren
    • Palladius: дюжэнь (djužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: dīu yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiu-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: tiu-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diuliin
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiu³³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiu⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiu-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: tiu-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diujiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/

Verb

丟⫽人 (verb-object)

1. to lose face; to bring shame to oneself; to be embarrassing; to be disgraceful

   這人算是丟到家了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这人算是丢到家了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè rén suànshì diū dàojiā le. [Pinyin]

   They have lost face completely.

   丟人經驗／丢人经验  ―  diūrén jīngyàn  ―  embarrassing experience

   太丟人了。／太丢人了。  ―  Tài diūrén le.  ―  It was so embarrassing.

Synonyms

• 丟臉／丢脸 (diūliǎn)
• 丟醜／丢丑 (diūchǒu)
• 丟面／丢面
• 丟面子／丢面子 (diū miànzi)
• 失格 (shīgé)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 丟臉 (“to lose face”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		丟臉, 丟人, 丟面子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	丟份兒
	Taiwan	丟臉, 丟人現眼
	Harbin	丟人, 丟份兒, 丟份子, 現眼
	Singapore	丟臉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	丟人, 丟人現眼, 現眼
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	丟人, 丟人顯臉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	丟人, 丟臉, 丟人現眼
	Wanrong	丟人, 丟人現眼
	Xi'an	丟人
	Xining	丟人現眼的, 丟人敗壞的
	Xuzhou	現世, 現, 現眼, 現鼻子現眼, 現鼻子拉眼
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	丟人, 羞人, 丟醜
	Ürümqi	丟人, 丟臉, 丟醜, 丟面子, 丟人現眼, 丟人擺呆, 丟人敗姓, 現眼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	丟人, 丟臉, 丟皮子, 肇皮
	Wuhan	丟譏, 丟醜, 丟人, 丟臉, 折人, 坍臺, 丟人現眾, 掉底子
	Liuzhou	丟臉
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	丟人, 丟臉
	Yangzhou	丟人, 現世
Cantonese	Guangzhou	丟架
	Hong Kong	丟架, 丟人現眼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	丟架
Gan	Nanchang	跌臉, 折面子, 現世
	Pingxiang	丟醜
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	失面子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	失面子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	失面子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	失面子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	失面子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	失面子
Huizhou	Jixi	現世
Jin	Taiyuan	丟人, 敗興, 現眼, 丟人現眼, 丟人敗興
	Xinzhou	丟人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	現世
Southern Min	Xiamen	落氣, 落臉, 獻世, 失氣
	Quanzhou	落氣, 落臉, 失氣, 失外氣
	Zhangzhou	落氣, 落臉, 現世, 失氣, 失外氣
	Tainan	落氣, 落臉, 失體面, 失氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	落氣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落氣, 瀉衰
	Manila (Hokkien)	落氣
	Jieyang	瀉衰, 瀉世界, 瀉世瀉界, 瀉衰儂
	Singapore (Teochew)	落氣, 瀉衰
	Batam (Teochew)	落氣, 瀉衰
	Haikou	敗色水
Wu	Shanghai	現世, 退招勢
	Suzhou	現世
	Danyang	現世
Xiang	Changsha	丟格, 失格, 折格, 射格, 扮式样

Derived terms

• 丟人現眼／丢人现眼 (diūrénxiànyǎn)