改頭換面
Chinese
to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct |
head; (noun suffix) | change; exchange | face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (改頭換面) | 改 | 頭 | 換 | 面 | |
| simp. (改头换面) | 改 | 头 | 换 | 面 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): goi2 tau4 wun6 min6
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kóe-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn / ké-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn / kái-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gǎitóuhuànmiàn
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gǎitóuhuànmiàn
- Wade–Giles: kai3-tʻou2-huan4-mien4
- Yale: gǎi-tóu-hwàn-myàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaetourhuannmiann
- Palladius: гайтоухуаньмянь (gajtouxuanʹmjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: goi2 tau4 wun6 min6
- Yale: gói tàuh wuhn mihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: goi2 tau4 wun6 min6
- Guangdong Romanization: goi2 teo4 wun6 min6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ wuːn²² miːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kói-thèu-von-mien
- Hakka Romanization System: goiˋ teuˇ von mien
- Hagfa Pinyim: goi3 teu2 von4 mian4
- Sinological IPA: /koi̯³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ von⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: goiˊ teu von˖ mienˇ
- Sinological IPA: /koi²⁴⁻³³ tʰeu⁵⁵ von³³ mien¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóe-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn
- Tâi-lô: kué-thâu-uānn-bīn
- Phofsit Daibuun: koeftau'voaxbin
- IPA (Taipei): /kue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴ uã³³⁻¹¹ bin³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³ uã³³⁻²¹ bin³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ké-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn
- Tâi-lô: ké-thâu-uānn-bīn
- Phofsit Daibuun: keftau'voaxbin
- IPA (Taipei): /ke⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴ uã³³⁻¹¹ bin³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³ uã³³⁻²¹ bin³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn
- Tâi-lô: kái-thâu-uānn-bīn
- Phofsit Daibuun: kay'tau'voaxbin
- IPA (Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴ uã³³⁻¹¹ bin³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³ uã³³⁻²¹ bin³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
改頭換面
- (figurative) to reform oneself; to turn over a new leaf
Synonyms
References
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “改頭換面”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “改頭換面”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- “Entry #8968”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.