拋頭露面

Chinese

		to throw; to toss; to fling to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon	head; (noun suffix)	to appear in public; to turn up; to show one's face to appear in public; to turn up; to show one's face; to show up
trad. (拋頭露面)		拋	頭	露面
simp. (抛头露面)		抛	头	露面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāotóulùmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau¹ tau⁴ lou⁶ min⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phau-thâu-lō͘-bīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāotóulùmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: paotóulùmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao¹-tʻou²-lu⁴-mien⁴
    • Yale: pāu-tóu-lù-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pautourluhmiann
    • Palladius: паотоулумянь (paotoulumjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau¹ tau⁴ lou⁶ min⁶
    • Yale: pāau tàuh louh mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau¹ tau⁴ lou⁶ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao¹ teo⁴ lou⁶ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ lou̯²² miːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phau-thâu-lō͘-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: phau-thâu-lōo-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phau'tauloxbin
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴ lɔ³³⁻¹¹ bin³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³ lɔ³³⁻²¹ bin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴ lɔ²²⁻²¹ bin²²/

Idiom

拋頭露面

1. (slightly derogatory, originally of women) to show one's face in public; to put oneself about

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拋頭露面 (“to show one's face in public; to put oneself about”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拋頭露面, 露面拋頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	拋頭露面
Cantonese	Hong Kong	拋頭露面
Southern Min	Xiamen	出頭露面