撐門面

Chinese

Etymology 1

		support; prop-up; to pole a boat support; prop-up; to pole a boat; to open; to overfill	facade of a shop; shop front; appearance facade of a shop; shop front; appearance; facade
trad. (撐門面)		撐	門面
simp. (撑门面)		撑	门面

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēng ménmiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥㄇㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caang³ mun⁴ min⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēng ménmiàn → chēng ménmian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥㄇㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ → ㄔㄥㄇㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cheng ménmiån
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹ mên²-mien⁵
  - Yale: chēng mén-myan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng men.miann
  - Palladius: чэн мэньмянь (čɛn mɛnʹmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵ mi̯ɛn³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caang³ mun⁴ min⁶
  - Yale: chaang mùhn mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang³ mun⁴ min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cang³ mun⁴ min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːŋ³³ muːn²¹ miːn²²/

Verb

撐門面

(colloquial) to keep up appearances

Synonyms

撐場面／撑场面 (chēng chǎngmiàn)
(Hokkien) 繃面皮／绷面皮, 牚門面／牚门面, 牚場面／牚场面, 贊面體皮／赞面体皮

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 撐門面 – see 牚門面 (“to keep up appearances”). (This term is a variant form of 牚門面).