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

• 南面 south ; to face south ; the position of the ruler
• 莜面(莜麵) oat noodles or flour
• 听墙面(聽牆面) surface of wall
• 真面目 true identity; true colours
• 直面 to face (reality, danger etc)
• 炸酱面(炸醬面) zhajiang mian
• 莫霍洛维奇不连续面(莫霍洛維奇不連續面) Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)
• 面霜 facial cream (cosmetics)
• 改头换面(改頭換面) constantly changing faces; unceasing change
• 莫霍面 Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)
• 异面直线(異面直線) skew lines
• 颜面(顏面) face; complexion
• 饧面(餳麵) to let the dough rest (after mixing it)
• 假面舞会(假面舞會) masked ball; masquerade
• 面相 facial features; appearence
• 本来面目(本來面目) original appearance; true colors
• 面蜇 jellyfish
• 表面上 superficial
• 光纤分散式资料介面(光纖分散式資料介面) fiber distributed data interface; FDDI
• 凸面镜(凸面鏡) convex mirror
• 白面书生(白面書生) pale-faced scholar; young and inexperienced person without practical experience
• 铺面(鋪面) paving; pavement ; front window; store front
• 九面体(九面體) enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces)
• 面临困难(面臨困難) to be faced with problems
• 里面(裡面) inside; interior
• 浮面 surface (of a liquid); superficial
• 长寿面(長壽麵) longevity noodles ; wedding noodles
• 面包片(麵包片) bread slice; sliced bread
• 面交 to deliver personally; to hand over face-to-face
• 面态(面態) facial appearance
• 泡面(泡麵) instant noodles
• 图像用户介面(圖像用戶介面) graphical user interface; GUI
• 黥面 to tattoo the face (punishment in ancient times)
• 面汤(面湯) hot water for washing one's face ; water that noodles have been boiled in ; soup noodles ; boiled water with rice or millet ; noodle soup; noodles in soup; noodle broth
• 醒面(醒麵) to let the dough rest (after mixing it)
• 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
• 圆面饼(圓麵餅) round flat bread; pita bread
• 水面 water surface
• 擀面杖(擀麵杖) a rolling pin
• 头面人物(頭面人物) leading figure; bigwig
• 方方面面 all sides; all aspects; multi-faceted
• 不体面(不體面) to not appear to be decent or respectful; shameful
• 迎面而来(迎面而來) directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)
• 海面 sea surface
• 平面几何(平面幾何) plane geometry
• 独当一面(獨當一面) to assume personal responsibility; to take charge of a section
• 凸面 convex surface

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通用闸道器介面 、 丹城面 、 公仔面 、 反面人物

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• 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
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 13
• 第五十二回 Chapter 52 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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