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一面

yī miàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

一面 (yī miàn) means "one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 一面 means

1. one side
2. one aspect
3. simultaneously... (and...)
4. one's whole face

The characters in 一面

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 我能独当一面。
  Wǒ néng dúdāng-yīmiàn.
  I can manage on my own.

Words starting with 一面

• 一面倒yī miàn dǎoto be entirely on one side; one-sided; lopsided
• 一面之交yī miàn zhī jiāoto have met once; casual acquaintance
• 一面之词yī miàn zhī cíone side of the story; one-sided statement

Words containing 一面

• 网开一面wǎng kāi yī miànopen the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly…
• 独当一面dú dāng yī miànto assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section

Sounds the same

Read yī miàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 伊面yi mein (or yee mee or yee-fu noodles etc), a variety of Cantonese egg noodle

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