yī​miàn HSK7

side

一面 yī​miàn
side directional
one side of a physical object or one aspect of a situation or matter

One side of this coin is stamped with the national emblem.

simultaneously adverb
describing two actions performed at the same time, typically in the '一面 yī​miàn...一面 yī​miàn...' construction

喜欢一面咖啡一面报纸

xǐ​huan yī​miàn kā​fēi, yī​miàn kàn bào​zhǐ.

He likes to read the newspaper while drinking coffee.

whole face numeral
across the entire surface of one's face

一面冷汗

xià de yī​miàn lěng​hàn.

He broke out in a cold sweat from fright.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
26.4 per million appears in 11% of films
Written text
51.5 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT