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

• 面颜(面顏) face
• 球面度 steradian
• 多面体(多面體) a polyhedron; a polytope
• 死面(死麵) unleavened dough
• 六面体(六面體) six-sided figure (such as a cube or parallelepiped)
• 面皮焦黄(面皮焦黃) suntanned face
• 世面 aspects of society; the world
• 东面(東面) east side
• 饧面(餳麵) to let the dough rest (after mixing it)
• 凸面体(凸面體) convex body
• 颜面(顏面) face; complexion
• 挂面(掛麵) pasta; noodles
• 地面气压(地面氣壓) ground pressure
• 正反两面(正反兩面) two-way; reversible; both sides of the coin
• 面露不悦(面露不悅) to show unhappiness or displeasure
• 面带(面帶) to wear (on one's face)
• 表面文章 superficial show; going through the motions
• 面类(麵類) noodle dishes (on menu)
• 负面情绪(負面情緒) a negative emotion
• 面积(面積) area; surface area
• 面塑(麵塑) (figurines) made of dough; dough modeling
• 高筋面粉(高筋麵粉) bread flour; hard flour
• 一面之词(一面之詞) one side of the story; one-sided statement
• 改头换面(改頭換面) constantly changing faces; unceasing change
• 凸多面体(凸多面體) convex polyhedron
• 黎曼曲面 Riemann surface
• 界面 interface
• 颠儿面(顛兒面) to lose face
• 桌面儿(桌面兒) desktop
• 热干面(熱乾麵) hot dry noodles
• 猴面包树(猴麵包樹) boabab tree; monkey-bread tree; Adansonia digitata
• 门面(門面) shop front; storefront ; building exterior ; business; transaction ; building entrace area ; a scene area ; personal reputation ; on the surface
• 桌面系统(桌面系統) desktop system
• 前面 in front of; facing
• 拉面(拉麵) pulled noodles; ramen
• 面临困难(面臨困難) to be faced with problems
• 阴暗面(陰暗面) the dark side (of society etc)
• 端面 end face; end surface of a cylindrical object
• 蒙面 masked; covered face
• 可展曲面 a developable surface
• 负面(負面) the negative side
• 外面 outside; exterior
• 一面之交 to have met once; casual acquaintance
• 面谕(面諭) to instruct personally
• 地面层(地面層) ground floor; first floor
• 体面(體面) dignity; face ; social status ; size; scope ; pretty
• 数据介面(數據介面) data interface
• 舌面 blade of tongue; laminal
• 羊角面包(羊角麵包) croissant

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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
• 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
• 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 16
• 第八十二回 Chapter 82 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 15
• 卷五十　志第十九: 禮志二 Volume 50 Treatises 20: Rites 2 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 15
• 卷9 　志第4　禮儀四 Volume 9 Treatises 4: Rites 4 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 14
• 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
• 第五十二回 Chapter 52 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — 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
• 面镞 (面鏃) 面鏃 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 3