落臉

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	face
trad. (落臉)		落	臉
simp. (落脸)		落	脸

Pronunciation 1

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lak-lián / làu-lián / lok-lián

(Teochew, Peng'im): loh⁸ liang²

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak-lián
  - Tâi-lô: lak-lián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lakliern
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚³²⁻⁵ liɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-lián
  - Tâi-lô: làu-lián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laoliern
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lok-lián
  - Tâi-lô: lok-lián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lokliern
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: loh⁸ liang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍h liáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʔ⁴⁻² liaŋ⁵²/

Verb

落臉

(Southern Min) to lose face; to bring shame to oneself

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 丟臉 (“to lose face”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		丟臉, 丟人, 丟面子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	丟份兒
	Taiwan	丟臉, 丟人現眼
	Harbin	丟人, 丟份兒, 丟份子, 現眼
	Singapore	丟臉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	丟人, 丟人現眼, 現眼
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	丟人, 丟人顯臉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	丟人, 丟臉, 丟人現眼
	Wanrong	丟人, 丟人現眼
	Xi'an	丟人
	Xining	丟人現眼的, 丟人敗壞的
	Xuzhou	現世, 現, 現眼, 現鼻子現眼, 現鼻子拉眼
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	丟人, 羞人, 丟醜
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	丟人, 丟臉, 丟醜, 丟面子, 丟人現眼, 丟人擺呆, 丟人敗姓, 現眼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	丟人, 丟臉, 丟皮子, 肇皮
	Wuhan	丟譏, 丟醜, 丟人, 丟臉, 折人, 坍臺, 丟人現眾, 掉底子
	Liuzhou	丟臉
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	丟人, 丟臉
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	丟人, 現世
Cantonese	Guangzhou	丟架
	Hong Kong	丟架, 丟人現眼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	丟架
Gan	Nanchang	跌臉, 折面子, 現世
Gan	Pingxiang	丟醜
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	失面子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	失面子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	失面子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	失面子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	失面子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	失面子
Huizhou	Jixi	現世
Jin	Taiyuan	丟人, 敗興, 現眼, 丟人現眼, 丟人敗興
Jin	Xinzhou	丟人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	現世
Southern Min	Xiamen	落氣, 落臉, 獻世, 失氣
	Quanzhou	落氣, 落臉, 失氣, 失外氣
	Zhangzhou	落氣, 落臉, 現世, 失氣, 失外氣
	Tainan	落氣, 落臉, 失體面, 失氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	落氣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落氣, 瀉衰
	Manila (Hokkien)	落氣
	Chaozhou	落臉
	Jieyang	瀉衰, 瀉世界, 瀉世瀉界, 瀉衰儂
	Singapore (Teochew)	落氣, 瀉衰
	Batam (Teochew)	落氣, 瀉衰
	Haikou	敗色水
Puxian Min	Xianyou	落相
Wu	Shanghai	現世, 坍招勢, 坍台
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	嘸沒場面
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	坍充
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	坍充
	Shanghai (Jiading)	坍充
	Shanghai (Chongming)	坍充
	Suzhou	現世
	Danyang	現世
Xiang	Changsha	丟格, 失格, 折格, 射格, 扮式样

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lok-lián

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lok-lián
  - Tâi-lô: lok-lián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lokliern
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn⁴¹/

Verb

落臉

(Hokkien) to become poor and in dire straits