麵
miàn

flour, noodle

面 (麵) miàn
noodles noun
food made from flour dough, usually in the form of strings

我午饭想吃一碗牛肉面。

wǒ wǔ​fàn xiǎng chī yī wǎn niú​ròu miàn.

I want to have a bowl of beef noodles for lunch.

flour noun
powdered grain, especially wheat flour

把面和水搅拌均匀。

bǎ miàn hé shuǐ jiǎo​bàn jūn​yún.

Mix the flour and water evenly.

soft adjective
mealy or soft in texture rather than crunchy

这个苹果吃起来很面，一点都不脆。

zhè gè píng​guǒ chī qi​lai hěn miàn, yī​diǎn dōu bù cuì.

This apple is very mealy and not crunchy at all.

weak adjective
ineffectual, spineless, or lacking character

他性格太面了，总是被人欺负。

tā xìng​gé tài miàn le, zǒng​shì bèi rén qī​fu.

He is too weak-willed and is always being bullied.

Cross-References

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
Simplified
面
Strokes
20
Unicode
U+9EB5

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