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面子
miàn zi
面子 (miàn zi) means "outer surface; the outside of sth". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.
What 面子 means
- outer surface; the outside of sth
- social prestige; face
Other readings
The characters in 面子
Example sentences
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你就是要面子。Nǐ jiùshì yàomiànzi.You're only saving face!
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她设法保住面子。Tā shèfǎ bǎozhù miànzi.She managed to keep up appearances.
Words containing 面子
- 给面子gěi miàn zito show deference or praise publicly
- 爱面子ài miàn zito like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by…
- 丢面子diū miàn zito lose face
- 好面子hào miàn zito be overly concerned with face
- 失面子shī miàn zito lose face; to be humiliated
- 死要面子sǐ yào miàn zito regard face as all-important; to consider loss of face unthinkable
- 争面子zhēng miàn zito do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc); to make oneself look good…
- 买面子mǎi miàn zito allow sb to save face; to defer to
- 卖面子mài miàn zito show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)
- 碍面子ài miàn zi(not do sth) for fear of offending sb
- 驳面子bó miàn zito hurt sb's feelings by rebuffing their request
- 死要面子活受罪sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuìto go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
- 要面子yào miàn zisee 爱面子
Where 面子 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · miǎn–mín (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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- Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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