面
miàn HSK1

face

面 miàn frequency
[location] locative
suffix used after words of location or direction, similar to 边 biān

最近我们在外面吃了很多。

zuì​jìn wǒ​men zài wài miàn chī le hěn​duō.

We've been eating out a lot lately.

我在这里面迷路了。

wǒ zài zhè​lǐ miàn mí lù le.

I'm lost in here.

face noun
face; personal esteem or reputation; (bound form) look; appearance

别当着她的面哭。

bié dāng​zhe tā de miàn kū.

Don't cry in front of her.

你为什么当着大家的面骂我？

nǐ wèi​shén​me dāng​zhe dà​jiā de miàn mà wǒ?

Why did you scold me in front of everyone?

side nounlocative
side; aspect; direction

你三面被水包围。

nǐ sān miàn bèi shuǐ bāo​wéi.

You are surrounded by water on three sides.

我们看到的总是月亮的同一面。

wǒ​men kàn dào de zǒng​shì yuè​liang de tóng​yī miàn.

We always see the same side of the Moon.

surface noun
surface; top; the outside or right side of a garment or fabric
to face verb
to face; to confront; to overlook; to meet

我面朝南站着。

wǒ miàn cháo nán zhàn zhe.

I'm standing facing south.

in person adverb
used as an adverb to mean doing something in person or face-to-face
[flat objects] measure word
classifier for flat objects such as mirrors, flags, or drums

我喜欢这面镜子。

wǒ xǐ​huan zhè miàn jìng​zi.

I like this mirror.

我们可以拆掉一面墙。

wǒ​men kě​yǐ chāi diào yī miàn qiáng.

We can tear down a wall.

plane noun
(math) a surface or plane
[occurrences] measure word
classifier for the number of times people meet

你们两位见过面了吧？

nǐ​men liǎng wèi jiàn guo miàn le ba?

You two have met, haven't you?

surname
a Chinese surname
radical
Kangxi radical 176
[pages]
classifier for pages of a book or sheets of paper
面 麵 miàn
variant 麪
flour noun
wheat flour; powder made from ground grain or beans
noodles noun
noodles; a dish of noodles
powder
(bound form) powder; something ground into fine dust or particles
mealy
soft and floury in texture (of food like potatoes or apples)
ineffectual
(slang) weak, spineless, or slow in action

Cross-References

See

Has erhua variant

Has variant

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
74th most common 2197.3 per million
Movie subtitles
126th most common 1430.7 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
116.4 per million appears in 36% of films
Written text
275.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
麵
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+9762

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)