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

• 地面部队(地面部隊) ground troops
• 双曲面(雙曲面) hyperboloid
• 改头换面(改頭換面) constantly changing faces; unceasing change
• 抛头露面(拋頭露面) to show your face in public
• 十面埋伏 an ambush; ambush from ten sides ; Ambush from Ten Sides ; House of Flying Daggers
• 两头三面(兩頭三面) two heads, three faces; complex scheming
• 素面(素麵) vegetable noodle dish
• 面疱(面皰) acne
• 正反两面(正反兩面) two-way; reversible; both sides of the coin
• 面包果(麵包果) jackfruit; breadfruit; Artocarpus heterophyllus
• 面积(面積) area; surface area
• 地面核爆炸 surface nuclear explosion
• 贴合面(貼合面) faying surface
• 正面 front ; direct ; the positive side of a problem or condition
• 驳面子(駁面子) to contradict somebody to his face; insensitive to other's feelings
• 寿面(壽麵) birthday noodles
• 荞麦面(蕎麥麵) buckwheat flour ; buckwheat noodles
• 横剖面(橫剖面) horizontal section
• 面叙(面敘) to talk face-to-face
• 面朝黄土背朝天(面朝黃土背朝天) face to the ground, back to the sky
• 对面(對面) opposite; opposing ; the opposite side
• 见面礼(見面禮) gift given when meeting for the first time
• 装门面(裝門面) to decorate the front of one's store; to embellish
• 双曲抛物面(雙曲拋物面) hyperbolic paraboloid
• 外面 outside; exterior
• 四方八面 four directions and eight sides; everywhere
• 地面控制 ground control (of airborne or space operation)
• 超平面 hyperplane
• 平面波 a plane wave
• 糙面内质网(糙面內質網) rough endoplasmic reticulum
• 立面图(立面圖) elevation (architectural drawing)
• 卖面子(賣面子) to obsequiously bequeath favors on behalf of another; to give face to somebody by doing favors on their behalf; to curry favor for a third party; to intercede on another's behalf
• 平面曲线(平面曲線) plane curve
• 空心面(空心麵) macaroni
• 春风满面(春風滿面) pleasantly smiling; radiant with happiness
• 表面外膜 surface coat
• 速食面(速食麵) instant noodles
• 文面 to tattoo the face; face tattoo; to brand (ancient punishment)
• 两面(兩面) both sides
• 洋面 ocean surface
• 泡面(泡麵) instant noodles
• 地瓜面(地瓜麵) sweet potato or yam noodles
• 切平面 tangent plane (to a surface)
• 面貌 appearance; face; features
• 千层面(千層麵) lasagna
• 弯液面(彎液面) meniscus
• 阳春面(陽春麵) plain noodles in broth
• 平面几何(平面幾何) plane geometry

Also contained in

基面 、 白翎面 、 人机界面

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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
• 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
• 第五十一回 Chapter 51 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
• 卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — 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