面

On the HSK 2 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

miàn ㄇㄧㄢˋ

  1. 面
    • face
  2. 面
    • side
  3. 面
    • surface
    • classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

      面 classifier words

  4. 面
    • aspect
  5. 面
    • top
  6. 麵
    • flour
  7. 麵
    • noodles
  8. 麵
    • soft (not crunchy)

      of food

  9. 麵
    • (of a person) ineffectual

      slang

    • spineless

Classifiers (measure words)

flour

Usually

Less often

noodles

面 itself can also be a classifier

Other words read miàn

In the same tone

  • 眄 miàn look askance at
  • 糆 miàn rice noodles

mian with other tones

  • 免 miǎn excuse sb
  • 棉 mián cotton
  • 沔 miǎn inundation
  • 眠 mián sleep
  • 缅 miǎn distant

All 19 words read mian in any tone

Other words read miàn

In the same tone

  • 麵 miàn flour
  • 眄 miàn look askance at
  • 糆 miàn rice noodles

mian with other tones

  • 免 miǎn excuse sb
  • 棉 mián cotton
  • 沔 miǎn inundation
  • 眠 mián sleep
  • 緬 miǎn distant

All 19 words read mian in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 面

    部首 radical
    面
    笔画 strokes
    9
    结构 structure
    独体字

    面 as a 部首

    面 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 3 under 面. Look a character up by the 面 radical

    Words with 面

    Starting with 面

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    Ending with 面

    All 288 words ending with 面

    Containing 面

    All 146 words containing 面

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