臉書

See also: 脸书

Chinese

		face	book; letter
trad. (臉書)		臉	書
simp. (脸书)		脸	书

Etymology

Calque of English Facebook.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Liǎnshū

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁵ syu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Liǎnshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Liǎnshu
  - Wade–Giles: Lien³-shu¹
  - Yale: Lyǎn-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leanshu
  - Palladius: Ляньшу (Ljanʹšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lim⁵ syu¹
  - Yale: líhm syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁵ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lim⁵ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm¹³ syː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

臉書

(unofficial, Internet) Facebook

Synonyms

面書／面书 (Miànshū), 臉譜／脸谱 (liǎnpǔ)
(Cantonese) 飛卜／飞卜, 非時卜／非时卜, 飛時卜／飞时卜, 非士卜, 飛士卜／飞士卜, 非屎卜, 飛屎卜／飞屎卜
(slang (Mandarin)) 非死不可 (Fēisǐbùkě)
(Hokkien) 面冊／面册