落臉

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	face
trad. (落臉)		落	臉
simp. (落脸)		落	脸

Pronunciation 1

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lak-lián / làu-lián / lok-lián

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak-lián
    • Tâi-lô: lak-lián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lakliern
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚³²⁻⁵ liɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-lián
    • Tâi-lô: làu-lián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laoliern
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lok-lián
    • Tâi-lô: lok-lián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lokliern
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁴¹/

Verb

落臉

1. (Southern Min) to lose face; to bring shame to oneself

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 丟人／丢人 (diūrén)
• 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)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lok-lián

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lok-lián
    • Tâi-lô: lok-lián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lokliern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁴¹/

Verb

落臉

1. (Southern Min) to become poor and in dire straits