面
Meaning
- face
- side
- surface
Example sentence
我在吃面。
I am eating noodles.
The character 面
面 is the face, and simplification folded a second character into the same shape: 面 as flour, which gives 面条儿 and 面包. As the face it means surface and side — 表面, 对面, 后面, 见面.
Words containing 面
- 见面 jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other
- 面包 miàn bāo bread
- 面条儿 miàn tiáo r erhua variant of 面条
- 对面 duì miàn opposite; across (the street etc)
- 方便面 fāng biàn miàn instant noodles
- 方面 fāng miàn respect
- 面前 miàn qián in front of
- 表面 biǎo miàn surface
- 后面 hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit
- 里面 lǐ miàn inside
- 另一方面 lìng yī fāng miàn on the other hand
- 面对 miàn duì to face; to confront
- 面积 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc)
- 前面 qián miàn ahead
- 全面 quán miàn all-around
- 上面 shàng miàn on top of
- 外面 wài miàn outside
- 下面 xià miàn below
- 一方面 yī fāng miàn on the one hand
- 地面 dì miàn floor
- 面临 miàn lín to face sth; to be confronted with
- 面试 miàn shì to be interviewed (as a candidate)
- 片面 piàn miàn unilateral