賠笑臉

Chinese

		lose in trade; pay damage	smiling face
trad. (賠笑臉)		賠	笑臉
simp. (赔笑脸)		赔	笑脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péixiàoliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁴ siu³ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péixiàoliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péisiàoliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei²-hsiao⁴-lien³
    • Yale: péi-syàu-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peirshiawlean
    • Palladius: пэйсяолянь (pɛjsjaoljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pui⁴ siu³ lim⁵
    • Yale: pùih siu líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui⁴ siu³ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui⁴ xiu³ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯²¹ siːu̯³³ liːm¹³/

Verb

賠笑臉

1. to smile obsequiously, apologetically, or appeasingly; to smile in a conciliating way

Synonyms

• 賠笑／赔笑 (péixiào)
• (Hokkien) 扮笑面, 𩏠笑面／𫖖笑面