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liǎn

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liǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liǎn | lian3
English translation
face
CL: zhāng
> Zhāng [zhāng],
>[gè]
face, cheek; reputation

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About liǎn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

liǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

flesh

Etymology of liǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺼佥

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

qiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and qiān represents the sound. Simplified form of liǎn .

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Example sentences using liǎn

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脸皮 liǎn pí zhēn hòu !

Of all the gall ! ie What impudence!

de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

脸上疼得发麻 fā má , jiān 隐隐 yǐn yǐn zuò tòng .

Her face was a dull pain and her side ached.

duì fān le liǎn , jiù xiàng 床罩 chuáng zhào 翻过来 fān guò lái 一样 yīyàng .

She truned him down like a bedspread.

他们 tā men huì shuì ,, 解雇 jiěgù , ràng diū jǐn 脸面 liǎn miàn de .

She would be scolded, abused, ignominiously discharged.

Words with liǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
liǎn face liǎn
脸色 liǎn sè look臉色
丢脸 diū liǎn to lose face丟臉
脸部 liǎn bù face臉部
笑脸 xiào liǎn smiling face笑臉
脸蛋 liǎn dàn cheek臉蛋
满脸 mǎn liǎn across one's whole face滿臉
不要脸 bù yào liǎn shameless不要臉
脸红 liǎn hóng to blush臉紅
脸颊 liǎn jiá cheek臉頰
洗脸 xǐ liǎn to wash your face洗臉
脸庞 liǎn páng face臉龐
脸孔 liǎn kǒng face臉孔
翻脸 fān liǎn to fall out with sb翻臉
鬼脸 guǐ liǎn wry face鬼臉
脸皮 liǎn pí face臉皮
嘴脸 zuǐ liǎn look嘴臉
变脸 biàn liǎn to turn hostile suddenly變臉
脸面 liǎn miàn face臉面
露脸 lòu liǎn to show one's face露臉
脸型 liǎn xíng shape of face臉型
赏脸 shǎng liǎn (polite) do me the honor賞臉
厚脸皮 hòu liǎn pí brazen厚臉皮

liǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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liǎn Decomposition

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