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面

miàn

HSK 1 Character

What 面 means

1. face
2. side
3. surface
4. aspect
5. top
6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

Other readings

面 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• miànflour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy)
• miànvariant of {面|miàn}

Example sentences

• 我吃面
  I eat noodles.
• 我吃面。
  I eat noodles.
• 修面吗？
  Did you shave?
• 他面有饥色
  He had a hungry look.
• 我在吃面。
  I am eating noodles.
• 我吃面包。
  I eat bread.

Words starting with 面

• 面包miàn bāobread
• 面前miàn qiánin front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
• 面条miàn tiáonoodles
• 面对miàn duìto face; to confront
• 面积miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area; tract of land
• 面临miàn línto face sth; to be confronted with
• 面子miàn ziouter surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face
• 面貌miàn màoface; features; appearance; look
• 面试miàn shìto be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
• 面孔miàn kǒngface
• 面的miàn dīabbr. of 面包车的士; minivan taxi
• 面向miàn xiàngto face; to turn towards; geared towards; catering for; -oriented; (Taiwan) aspect; facet
• 面对面miàn duì miànface to face
• 面容miàn róngappearance; facial features
• 面色miàn sècomplexion
• 面目miàn mùappearance; facial features; look
• 面具miàn jùmask
• 面部miàn bùface (body part)
• 面粉miàn fěnflour
• 面包车miàn bāo chēvan for carrying people; taxi minibus
• 面谈miàn tánface-to-face meeting; an interview
• 面料miàn liàomaterial for making clothes
• 面板miàn bǎnpanel; faceplate
• 面纱miàn shāveil

Words containing 面

• 后面hòu mianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
• 前面qián miànahead; in front; preceding
• 方面fāng miànrespect; aspect; field
• 里面lǐ miàninside; interior; also pr. lǐ mian
• 见面jiàn miànto meet; to see each other
• 上面shàng miànon top of; above-mentioned; also pr. shàng mian
• 下面xià miànbelow; under; next
• 外面wài miànoutside (also pr. wài mian for this sense); surface; exterior
• 对面duì miànopposite; across (the street etc); directly in front of one; up ahead; face to face
• 全面quán miànall-around; comprehensive; total
• 表面biǎo miànsurface; face; outside
• 片面piàn miànunilateral; one-sided
• 一面yī miànone side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...)
• 场面chǎng miànscene; spectacle; occasion
• 局面jú miànaspect; phase; situation
• 书面shū miànin writing; written
• 迎面yíng miàndirectly; head-on (collision); (of wind) in one's face
• 侧面cè miànlateral side; side; aspect
• 平面píng miànplane (flat surface); print media
• 当面dāng miànto sb's face; in sb's presence
• 体面tǐ miàndignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable…
• 反面fǎn miànreverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc)
• 一方面yī fāng miànon the one hand
• 画面huà miànscene; tableau; picture

Characters that look like 面

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 图túdiagram; picture; drawing
• 南nánsouth
• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative
• 斋zhāito fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 囿yòupark; to limit; be limited to

Sounds the same

Read miàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 眄to look askance at
• 麺old variant of 面
• 麫variant of 面
• 糆variant of 面; rice noodles; rice fragments
• 靣variant of 面