Chinese Notes

面子 miànzi

miànzi noun honor; reputation; face
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Sun 2006, loc. 1402)

驳面子(駁面子) to contradict somebody to his face; insensitive to other's feelings
卖面子(賣面子) to obsequiously bequeath favors on behalf of another; to give face to somebody by doing favors on their behalf; to curry favor for a third party; to intercede on another's behalf
碍面子(礙面子) (not do sth) for fear of offending sb
丢面子(丟面子) to lose face
给面子(給面子) to show deference or praise publicly
失面子 to lose face; to be humiliated
要面子 to be sensitive about one's reputation
讲面子(講面子) to talk respectfully; to give face
买面子(買面子) to allow to save face; to defer to
死要面子活受罪 to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances
挣面子(掙面子) to fight for one's reputation
争面子(爭面子) to do proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc); to make oneself look good; to build up one's image
爱面子(愛面子) to be sensitive about one's reputation
死要面子 to regard face as all-important; to consider loss of face unthinkable

Truncated for common words