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miàn

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miàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
miàn | mian4
English translation
face; surface, side; plane, dimension

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About miàn

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

miàn

Contains the radical

mài

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

face

Etymology of miàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

麥面

Semantic compound

miàn

Phonetic compound

mài

Explanation

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

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Words with miàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
方面 fāngmiàn respect方面 fāngmiàn
里面 lǐ miàn inside裡面
miàn face miàn
外面 wài miàn outside外面 wài miàn
上面 shàng miàn on top of上面 shàng miàn
面对 miànduì to confront面對
后面 hòumian rear後面
下面 xià miàn below下面 xià miàn
全面 quánmiàn all-around全面 quánmiàn
见面 jiànmiàn to meet見面
前面 qiánmiàn ahead前面 qiánmiàn
面前 miàn qián facing面前 miàn qián
面积 miànjī surface area面積
面临 miànlín to face sth面臨
一面 yī miàn one side一面 yī miàn
表面 biǎomiàn surface表面 biǎomiàn
面包 miànbāo bread麵包
地面 dì miàn floor地面 dì miàn
局面 júmiàn aspect局面 júmiàn
画面 huà miàn scene畫面
面试 miàn shì interview面試
一方面 yī fāng miàn on the one hand一方面 yī fāng miàn
另一方面 lìng yī fāng miàn on the other hand另一方面 lìng yī fāng miàn
对面 duìmiàn (sitting) opposite對面
场面 chǎngmiàn scene場面

miàn Decomposition & Compounds

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