# 改頭換面
## Chinese

| | | to change; to alter; to transformto change; to alter; to transform; to correct | head; (noun suffix) | change; exchange | face; side; surfaceface; side; surface; aspect; top |
| trad. (改頭換面) | trad. (改頭換面) | 改 | 頭 | 換 | 面 |
| simp. (改头换面) | simp. (改头换面) | 改 | 头 | 换 | 面 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǎitóuhuànmiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): goi$^2$ tau$^4$ wun$^6$ min$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kói-thèu-von-mien
    (Hailu, HRS): goi$^ˊ$ teu von$^˖$ mien$^ˇ$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kóe-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn / ké-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn / kái-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǎitóuhuànmiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǎitóuhuànmiàn
*** Wade–Giles: kai$^3$-tʻou$^2$-huan$^4$-mien$^4$
*** Yale: gǎi-tóu-hwàn-myàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaetourhuannmiann
*** Palladius: гайтоухуаньмянь (gajtouxuanʹmjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: goi$^2$ tau$^4$ wun$^6$ min$^6$
*** Yale: gói tàuh wuhn mihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: goi$^2$ tau$^4$ wun$^6$ min$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: goi$^2$ teo$^4$ wun$^6$ min$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ wuːn²² miːn²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kói-thèu-von-mien
*** Hakka Romanization System: goi$^ˋ$ teu$^ˇ$ von mien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: goi$^3$ teu$^2$ von$^4$ mian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /koi̯³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ von⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: goi$^ˊ$ teu von$^˖$ mien$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /koi²⁴⁻³³ tʰeu⁵⁵ von³³ mien¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóe-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn
*** Tâi-lô: kué-thâu-uānn-bīn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koeftau'voaxbin
*** IPA (Taipei): /kue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴ uã³³⁻¹¹ bin³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³ uã³³⁻²¹ bin³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ké-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn
*** Tâi-lô: ké-thâu-uānn-bīn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: keftau'voaxbin
*** IPA (Taipei): /ke⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴ uã³³⁻¹¹ bin³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³ uã³³⁻²¹ bin³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-thâu-ōaⁿ-bīn
*** Tâi-lô: kái-thâu-uānn-bīn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kay'tau'voaxbin
*** IPA (Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴ uã³³⁻¹¹ bin³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³ uã³³⁻²¹ bin³³/

### Idiom

改頭換面
* (figurative) to reform oneself; to turn over a new leaf

#### Synonyms

* 悔過自新 / 悔过自新 (huǐguòzìxīn)
* 改惡從善 / 改恶从善 (gǎi'ècóngshàn)
* 改正錯誤 / 改正错误 (gǎizhèng cuòwù)
* 改行自新
* 改過自新 / 改过自新 (gǎiguòzìxīn)
* 改邪歸正 / 改邪归正 (gǎixiéguīzhèng)
* 放下屠刀 (fàngxiàtúdāo)
* 棄暗投明 / 弃暗投明 (qì'àntóumíng)
* 棄舊圖新 / 弃旧图新 (qìjiùtúxīn)
* 洗心革面 (xǐxīngémiàn)
* 痛改前非 (tònggǎiqiánfēi)
* 重新做人 (chóngxīnzuòrén)
* 革面洗心 (gémiànxǐxīn)

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “改頭換面”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “改頭換面”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* “Entry #8968”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.