面 (miàn): meaning and stroke order
面 (miàn) means face, side, surface, aspect, top.
面
- Simplified
- 面
- Traditional
- 面, 麵, 麪
- Pinyin
- miàn
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Stroke order of 面
面
- miàn face; side
- miàn variant of 麵|面[mian4]
- miàn flour; noodles
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 麪
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Meaning of 面
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miàn
- face
- side
- surface
- aspect
- top
- classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
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miàn
Traditional 麵
- flour
- noodles
- (of food) soft (not crunchy)
- (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
- spineless
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miàn
Traditional 麪
- variant of 麵|面[mian4]
Radical and structure
- 面
- Radical 面 (Kangxi radical 176) · 9 strokes · 丆 on top, 囬 below
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Words with 面
- 上面 shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned
- 地面 dì miàn floor; ground
- 拉面 lā miàn pulled noodles; ramen
- 海面 hǎi miàn the surface of the sea; ocean surface
- 面子 miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face
- 下面 xià miàn below; under
- 里面 lǐ miàn inside; interior
- 外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface
- 后面 hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
- 反面 fǎn miàn reverse side; backside
- 前面 qián miàn ahead; in front
- 面前 miàn qián in front of; facing
面 in our stories
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有大臣出了个主意：从三面放火烧山，介子推是孝子，一定会背着母亲从另一面出来。
yǒu dàchén chū le gè zhǔyi cóng sān miàn fànghuǒ shāo shān Jiè Zǐtuī shì xiàozǐ yídìng huì bēi zhe mǔqīn cóng lìng yí miàn chūlai
A minister suggested setting fire to the mountain on three sides: Jie Zitui was a devoted son and would surely carry his mother out the fourth.
From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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他妈妈在城东开了三十年的拉面馆，听到这个消息，手里的面“啪”的一声掉在了案板上。
tā māma zài chéng dōng kāi le sānshí nián de lāmiànguǎn tīngdào zhè gè xiāoxi shǒu lǐ de miàn pā de yì shēng diào zài le ànbǎn shàng
His mother had run a hand-pulled noodle shop on the east side of town for thirty years; when she heard the news, the dough in her hands dropped onto the board with a slap.
From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 面
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).