There are 21 total results for your 面子 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
面子 see styles |
miàn zi mian4 zi5 mien tzu mentsu メンツ |
outer surface; the outside of something; social prestige; face (1) face (chi: miànzi); honour; honor; (2) {mahj} meld; (3) lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); (4) attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members; participants |
麵子 面子 see styles |
miàn zi mian4 zi5 mien tzu |
(medicinal) powder |
三面子 see styles |
sanmenshi さんめんし |
(given name) Sanmenshi |
丟面子 丢面子 see styles |
diū miàn zi diu1 mian4 zi5 tiu mien tzu |
to lose face |
失面子 see styles |
shī miàn zi shi1 mian4 zi5 shih mien tzu |
to lose face; to be humiliated |
愛面子 爱面子 see styles |
ài miàn zi ai4 mian4 zi5 ai mien tzu |
to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud |
爭面子 争面子 see styles |
zhēng miàn zi zheng1 mian4 zi5 cheng mien tzu |
to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc); to make oneself look good; to build up one's image |
礙面子 碍面子 see styles |
ài miàn zi ai4 mian4 zi5 ai mien tzu |
(not do something) for fear of offending sb |
給面子 给面子 see styles |
gěi miàn zi gei3 mian4 zi5 kei mien tzu |
to show deference or praise publicly |
要面子 see styles |
yào miàn zi yao4 mian4 zi5 yao mien tzu |
see 愛面子|爱面子[ai4 mian4 zi5] |
覆面子 see styles |
fukumenshi ふくめんし |
(given name) Fukumenshi |
買面子 买面子 see styles |
mǎi miàn zi mai3 mian4 zi5 mai mien tzu |
to allow sb to save face; to defer to |
賣面子 卖面子 see styles |
mài miàn zi mai4 mian4 zi5 mai mien tzu |
to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them) |
駁面子 驳面子 see styles |
bó miàn zi bo2 mian4 zi5 po mien tzu |
to hurt sb's feelings by rebuffing their request |
御徒面子 see styles |
okachimenko; okachimenko おかちめんこ; オカチメンコ |
(kana only) (woman's) ugly or homely face; old bag |
死要面子 see styles |
sǐ yào miàn zi si3 yao4 mian4 zi5 ssu yao mien tzu |
to regard face as all-important; to consider loss of face unthinkable |
死要面子活受罪 see styles |
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì si3 yao4 mian4 zi5 huo2 shou4 zui4 ssu yao mien tzu huo shou tsui |
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom) |
Variations: |
mentsugatatsu メンツがたつ |
(exp,v5t) to keep face; to save face; to not lose face |
Variations: |
marumenko(丸面子, 丸menko); marumenko(丸menko) まるめんこ(丸面子, 丸めんこ); まるメンコ(丸メンコ) |
(See 面子・めんこ) round menko |
Variations: |
mentsuotateru メンツをたてる |
(exp,v1) (See 立てる・たてる・6) to save face |
Variations: |
mentsugasorou / mentsugasoro メンツがそろう |
(exp,v5u) {mahj} (See メンツ・3,揃う・1) to make a foursome |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 21 results for "面子" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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