面 miàn

1. miàn noun side; surface
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 面 (Guoyu '面' n 2; XHZD '面' 5)
2. miàn noun flour
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Grains 粮食
   Notes: Traditional: 麵; in the sense of 面粉 (Guoyu '麵' 1; XHZD '面' 8)
3. miàn noun Kangxi radical 176
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Traditional: 面; surface (Guoyu '面' n 7; ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '非' n 3)
4. miàn measure word unit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Traditional: 面; a measure word for flags, flag-like things, and mirrors (Guoyu '面' n 3; XHZD '面' 7)
5. miàn noun a rural district; a township
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: South Korea
   Notes: Hangul: 면; a Korean Hanja term
6. miàn noun face
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 面; in the sense of 面孔 (Guoyu '面' n 1; XHZD '面' 1)
7. miàn adverb face to face; in somebody's presence; facing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 面; in the sense of 當面 (Guoyu '面' adv; XHZD '面' 3)
8. miàn verb to face in a certain direction
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 面; in the sense of 对着 (Guoyu '面' v 1; XHZD '面' 2)
9. miàn suffix side
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 面; a localizing suffix, for example 里面 'inside' (Norman 1988, p. 162; XHZD '面' 6)
10. miàn noun noodles
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
    Notes: Traditional: 麵; in the sense of 面条; specifically noodles made from wheat (Guoyu '麵' 2; XHZD '面' 10)
11. miàn noun powder
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 麵 (XHZD '面' 9)
12. miàn noun soft and mushy
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
    Notes: Traditional: 麵; of food (XHZD '面' 11)
13. miàn noun an aspect
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 面 (Guoyu '面' n 5)
14. miàn noun a direction
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 面; in the sense of 方向 (Guoyu '面' n 3)
15. miàn verb to meet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 面; in the sense of 见面 (Guoyu '面' v 2)

Contained in

• 面肥 topdressing ; leaven; sourdough
• 油泼扯面(油潑扯麵) broad, belt-shaped noodles
• 牛角面包(牛角麵包) croissant
• 黥面 to tattoo the face (punishment in ancient times)
• 颠儿面(顛兒面) to lose face
• 别开生面(別開生面) to break new ground; to describe something old in a new way
• 面朝黄土背朝天(面朝黃土背朝天) face to the ground, back to the sky
• 表面化 to come to the surface; to become apparent
• 覆盖面(覆蓋面) coverage
• 面颊(面頰) cheek
• 十面埋伏 an ambush; ambush from ten sides ; Ambush from Ten Sides ; House of Flying Daggers
• 面首 handsome male companion; gigolo
• 两面派(兩面派) two-faced person; double-dealing
• 糙面内质网(糙面內質網) rough endoplasmic reticulum
• 相平面 phase plane (math., ordinary differential equations)
• 脚面(腳面) instep (upper surface of the foot)
• 面壁 to devote oneself to study or work
• 面红耳赤(面紅耳赤) flushed with anger (or excitement)
• 洗面奶 cleansing lotion
• 面向对象的技术(面嚮對象的技術) object-oriented technology
• 面向对象语言(面嚮對象語言) object oriented language
• 大地水准面(大地水準面) geoid
• 北面 north side ; the positions of the minster or student
• 面儿(面兒) cover; outside
• 面有菜色 to look famished
• 负面情绪(負面情緒) a negative emotion
• 类球面(類球面) prolate spheroid
• 地面气压(地面氣壓) ground pressure
• 局面 circumstances; situation ; scale; scope; extent ; reputation; honor
• 装点门面(裝點門面) to decorate the front of one's store; to embellish (one's CV, etc)/to keep up appearances/to put up a front
• 后面(後面) rear; back ; behind; afterwards; later
• 双凸面(雙凸面) convex on both sides (of lens); biconvex
• 扇面琴 dulcimer
• 凸面镜(凸面鏡) convex mirror
• 不识庐山真面目(不識廬山真面目) not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain; can't see the forest for the trees
• 图书封面(圖書封面) book cover
• 本地管理界面 LMI / local management interface (telecommunications)
• 里面(裡面) inside; interior
• 票面值 par value; face value (of a bond)
• 纵断面(縱斷面) vertical section; longitudinal section
• 伊面(伊麵) yi mein; yee mee; yee-fu noodles
• 阴暗面(陰暗面) the dark side (of society etc)
• 面对(面對) to face; to confront
• 一面之词(一面之詞) one side of the story; one-sided statement
• 出面 to appear personally; to act in a capacity
• 平面几何(平面幾何) plane geometry
• 浮出水面 to float up; to become evident; to surface; to appear
• 关公面前耍大刀(關公面前耍大刀) to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan
• 面熟 to look familiar; familiar-looking

Also contained in

桌面电脑 、 道岩面

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Truncated for common words

• 卷五十一　志第二十: 禮志三 禮志四 Volume 51 Treatises 21: Rites 3 and 4 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 23
• 卷四十八　志第一:　　天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 20
• 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 16
• 卷四十六　志第十六: 　百官志二 Volume 46 Treatises 16: Official Posts 2 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 16
• 卷五十　志第十九: 禮志二 Volume 50 Treatises 20: Rites 2 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 15
• 第八十二回 Chapter 82 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 15
• 卷9 　志第4　禮儀四 Volume 9 Treatises 4: Rites 4 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 14
• 第五十二回 Chapter 52 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
• 卷一百〇一　志第四十九:　兵四 Volume 101 Treatises 54: Military 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 13
• 第五十一回 Chapter 51 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13

Collocations

• 西北面 (西北面) 筵前西北面 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 20
• 东北面 (東北面) 賔東北面盥 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 13
• 面拜 (面拜) 君有賜不面拜 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 11
• 东南面 (東南面) 東南面酢主人 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 7
• 西南面 (西南面) 西南面獻介 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 7
• 面枋 (面枋) 面枋 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 5
• 面答拜 (面答拜) 尸西楹西北面答拜 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way — count: 5
• 面献 (面獻) 西北面獻賔 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 5
• 面立 (面立) 西南面立于物閒 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 4
• 面三 (面三) 主人西南面三拜衆賔 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 3