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面子 miànzi

面子 miànzi Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 8 English Translations of the word 面子 miànzi .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
miànzi | mian4 zi5
English translation
outer surface
outside
honor
reputation
face (as in "losing face")
self-respect
feelings
(medicinal) powder

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About 面子 miànzi

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HSK level

6

Traditional form

面子 miànzi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 面子 miànzi

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面 miàn

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of the outline of a face, with an eye (目 mù ) in the middle. In simplified Chinese 面 miàn is also used to mean "noodles", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 麵 miàn .

Positional decomposition

⿱？？

Number of Strokes

9
子 zǐ

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a small child with its two arms outstretched.

Positional decomposition

⿻了一

Number of Strokes

3

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Example sentences using 面子 miànzi

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使 shǐ 我 wǒ 感到 gǎn dào 失 shī 面子 miànzi 的 de 是 shì :我的稿件 gǎojiàn 被 bèi 退 tuì 了 le 回来 huí lai .

To my mortification, my manuscript was rejected.

他 tā 感到 gǎn dào 羞耻 xiūchǐ ,丢 diū 尽 jǐn 了 le 面子 miànzi .

He was ashamed and bitterly humiliated.

他 tā 一 yī 次 cì 次地被 bèi 命令 mìnglìng 滚到船舱 chuán cāng 去 qù ,丢 diū 尽 jǐn 了 le 面子 miànzi .

Time after time he was ordered below in disgrace.

父母 fù mǔ 过于 guòyú 爱面子 aì miàn zi 的 de 做法 zuò fǎ 在 zài 他 tā 儿时 ér shí 一直 yīzhí 困扰 kùn rǎo 着 zhāo 他。

His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.

英格兰 Yīng gé lán 不想 bù xiǎng 打仗 dǎzhàng ，但 dàn 也 Yě 不想 bù xiǎng 丢面子 diū miàn zi 。

England doesn't want a war but it doesn't want to lose face.

面子 miànzi Decomposition

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面子 miànzi Compounds

See all 101 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 面子 miànzi in their composition.

  • 面 miàn
    • 缅 miǎn , 腼 miǎn , 靥 yè , 湎 miǎn , 麺 miàn , 愐 miǎn , 偭 miǎn , 勔 miǎn , 糆 miàn , 蝒 mián , 喕, 奤, 媔, 緬 miǎn , 蠠, 靤, 靦 miǎn , 靧, 靨, 麵 miàn
  • 子 zǐ
    • 好 hǎo
      • 孬 nāo , 恏 hào
    • 享 xiǎng
      • 敦 dūn
        • 墩 dūn , 憝 duì , 暾 tūn , 礅 dūn , 譈 duì , 蹾 dūn , 镦 duì , 噋, 墪, 憞, 撉, 撴, 橔, 潡, 燉 dùn , 犜, 獤, 鐓, 驐, 鷻
      • 郭 guō
      • 孰 shú
      • 醇 chún , 淳 chún , 鹑 chún , 谆 zhūn , 椁 guǒ , 惇 dūn , 亸 duǒ , 啍 tūn , 崞 guō , 焞 tūn , 犉 rún , 錞, 鯙 chún , 嚲, 埻, 弴, 朜, 稕, 綧, 蜳, 諄 zhūn , 鞟, 韕, 鶉 chún
    • 斿 yóu
    • 孨 zhuǎn
      • 孱 càn
        • 潺 chán , 僝 chán , 轏 zhàn , 骣 chǎn , 樼, 驏
      • 孴
    • 仔 zǎi , 李 Lǐ , 籽 zǐ , 囝 jiǎn , 屘 mǎn , 惸 qióng , 耔 zǐ , 吇, 斈 xué , 杍, 汓, 矷 zǐ , 秄, 箰, 芓, 虸, 覎, 觃 yàn , 賯, 逰, 釨
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