This iHere's an interesting question and; many Chinese people want to know how to say 面子(mianzi) in English.

There's no set rule on using Hanzi in English, but it helps the reader if you write the pinyin in brackets

To answer this question, I have checked many resources on the Iinternet, but all I got is only confusion because everybody has different opinions, and some of them are even the opposite. But it only confused me more. Everybody has different, and even opposite, opinions.

Now I want to express this issue in my own waymy own opinion based on what I have learned.

If you translate 面子(mianzi) directly into English, it is justmeans "face", i." It's so simple.

Let me set several scengive some examples to show you what 面子 (mianzi) means.

You should probably use "face" instead of 面子 seeing as you've already translated it

One day, you go to a dancing party,e, and your skirt suddenly falls down while you are dancing, so you can. You could consider that you aris to be really losing your 面子.

Another example is that one day you are playing cards with your bestie friend.

Don't overuse bestie, and it's better to use the more formal version first.

All of a sudden, your husband comestarts yelling at you and taking. He drags you away very rudely in front of your bestie because he hates you playing cards, so you can also consider that you are losing your 面子.. This would cause you to lose a lot of face.

On the contrary,other hand, imagine if you and I awere just very ordinary friends, we talkacquaintances who talked very little and doid not get in touch so often.

Anyway, just a nodding acquaintance, but oOne day, you need to go to China to ask me to do you a small favor.

WhatHow do you imagine how I would treat you?

Of course, I most likely wouldn't treat you so enthusiastically, an. I'd probably just give you the minimum respect because we are just noddingonly acquaintances.

But the fact is that when I meet you in China, I would treat you to big meals every day,. I'd offering you a seven-star hotel and accompanying you all the time.

Besides, II'd even pay all the bills for you, so you will consider that you really have 面子.. This would give you lots of face.

So I think now you will know what 面子 means in Englishyou now understand what 面子(mianzi) means, although I still don't know the exact English words or phrases that refer to 面子o describe it.