面子工程

Chinese

		outer part; outside; face outer part; outside; face; reputation; face; self-respect	engineering; project
trad. (面子工程)		面子	工程
simp. #(面子工程)		面子	工程

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànzǐ gōngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ zi² gung¹ cing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànzǐ gōngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànzǐh gongchéng
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-tzŭ³ kung¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: myàn-dž gūng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianntzyy gongcherng
    • Palladius: мяньцзы гунчэн (mjanʹczy gunčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ zi² gung¹ cing⁴
    • Yale: mihn jí gūng chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ dzi² gung¹ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ ji² gung¹ qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² t͡siː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

Noun

面子工程

1. image project; vanity project; a project designed to build images of local officials

Synonyms

• 形象工程 (xíngxiàng gōngchéng)