Chinese symbol for “facepalm”
捂脸
wǔ liǎn
Traditional: 捂臉
to cover one's face with one's hand(s); to facepalm
The closest CC-CEDICT match for facepalm is 捂脸 (wǔ liǎn), defined as: to cover one's face with one's hand(s); to facepalm.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 捂脸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捂住 | wǔ zhù | to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc) |
| 丢脸 (丟臉) | diū liǎn | to lose face; humiliation |
| 脸色 (臉色) | liǎn sè | complexion; look |
| 脸部 (臉部) | liǎn bù | face |
| 露脸 (露臉) | lòu liǎn | to show one's face; to make one's good name |
| 笑脸 (笑臉) | xiào liǎn | smiling face; smiley :) ☺ |
| 脸颊 (臉頰) | liǎn jiá | cheek |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.