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体面

tǐ miàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 體面

体面 (tǐ miàn) means "dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 体面 means

1. dignity; prestige; face
2. honorable; creditable
3. (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable

The characters in 体面

• 体tǐbody; form; style
• 面miànface; side; surface

Words containing 体面

• 不体面bù tǐ miànto not appear to be decent or respectful; shameful
• 失体面shī tǐ miànto lose face

Where 体面 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tiǎn–tǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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