The Chinese word for face is
脸

liǎn

Chinese Definition

face
1. 面、工祖

Translations for face and their definitions

面臨
1. to face, deal with, confront

朝
1. morning
朝zhāo夕 (zhāoxī) - morning and evening; all the time
2. daytime; day; full day
3. (obsolete) beginning; start
4. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Bei) breakfast
5. (historical) to wish elders or seniors good health; to visit (a senior person)
6. (historical) to have an audience with the king or emperor; to perform the morning ceremony; to go to court
7. to make a pilgrimage to; to pay homage to
8. to assemble; to call; to gather
9. imperial court
10. dynasty (line of rulers)
11. emperor's reign; period ruled by a particular emperor or king
12. government; imperial government
13. affairs of the state
14. (historical) courtier class
15. (Huizhou) paternal grandfather
16. to face
朝-著着zhe 南邊 (cháozhe nánbiān) - facing the south
17. towards; to; on
朝前看 (cháo qián kàn) - look ahead lit. look to the front
18. Short for 朝鮮, North Korea; Korea
^美 ^朝關係 (Měi Cháo guānxì) - US-North Korea relations

臉
1. (anatomy) face
洗臉 - to wash one's face
臉上的笑容 - smile on one's face
2. (by extension) facial expression; complexion
3. (figurative) front part of something
4. (figurative) reputation; face; image
賞臉 - to honour somebody with one's presence
丟臉 - to lose face; to bring shame to oneself
沒臉見人 - to be too embarrassed to face anybody

對
1. correct; true; right
對啊！ - Correct!
你說對了。 - You're right.
Synonyms: 不錯, 沒錯, yue:冇錯
Antonyms: 錯
2. to treat; to deal with; to take on
對症下藥 - to prescribe the right medicine for an illness
對事不對人 - to concern oneself with acts and not with individuals (when settling an issue)
你怎麼對人家，人家就怎麼對你。 - Others treat you the way you treat them.
刀對刀，槍對槍 - sword against sword; spear against spear
^廣東隊對 ^香港隊 - Guangdong competes against Hong Kong
3. (introducing the recipient of the action) towards; to
Synonyms: 向
你對他說了些什麼？ - What did you say to him?
從不對困難低頭 - to never yield to difficulties
4. to; with regard to; concerning
大家對你完全信任。 - Everyone has complete faith in you.
你為什麼對他那麼好？ - Why do you treat him so well?
多吃蔬菜對身體好。 - Eating more vegetables is good for the body.
你對什麼藥物過敏嗎？ - Are you allergic to any medications?
你對這件事有什麼看法？ - What are your views on this issue?
佢對噉嘅嘢冇咩興趣嘅。 - He doesn't have interest in that sort of thing.
5. according to; for
這個成績對我來說已經很好了。 - For me, this result is already very good.
6. opposite; opposing
對岸 - opposite bank; opposite shore
對方 - other party
對手 - opponent
7. to face
對著着zhe 鏡子微笑 - to smile at the mirror
窗戶對著着zhe 馬路。 - The window faces the road.
把槍口對準敵人 - to aim the gun at the enemy
8. paired; contrasting
對調 - to swap
對立 - to be in opposition to
對照 - a comparison; to contrast
中日對譯 - Chinese-Japanese bilingual text
9. to suit; to fit
對心思 - to think the same
10. to match; to cause two things to match
對對子 - to match an antithetical phrase
對不上 - does not match
11. to respond; to answer
無言以對 - to be left speechless; to be unable to respond
12. to check by comparing; to verify by comparing
對答案 - to check answers
對筆跡 - to compare signatures
對賬 - to check bills
13. to adjust; to set
14. to mix; to add
15. to divide in half
16. couplet
一對夫婦 - a couple
兩對鞋 - two pairs of shoes
一對燕子zi - a pair of swallows
17. (Min Nan) from
我對基隆來。 - I come from Keelung., MN
18. (attention, zh, probably needs a lot of expansion)

脸
1. Simplified form of 臉

对
1. Variant of 對

面
1. (literary or dialectal) face
面帶笑容 - miàn dài xiàoróng - to have a smile on one's face
你塊面有笪嘢。 - There's something on your face.
2. surface; top; face
水面 - shuǐmiàn - water surface
路面 - lùmiàn - road surface
3. aspect; side; respect
全面 - quánmiàn - overall
4. right side; cover; outside
5. (geometry) face
長方體有六個面。 ( Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn.) - A cuboid has six faces.
6. (Cantonese, Singapore, &, Penang Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face
冇面min6-2 - mou5 min6-2 - to lose face; to be embarrassed, C
7. to meet
面世 - miànshì - to come out, lit=to meet the world
8. face-to-face
面談 - miàntán - to talk with someone face to face
面告 - miàngào - to inform face to face
9. to face
面壁 - miànbì - to face the wall
背山面水 - bèi shān miàn shuǐ - backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water
10. (suffix used to form a noun of locality)
前面 - qiánmiàn - in front
上面 - shàngmiàn - higher place
西面 - xīmiàn - west
11. Short for 面試, interview
HR面 - tr=HRmiàn -
一面國旗 - yī miàn guóqí - a national flag
一面鼓 - yī miàn gǔ - a drum
我和他只見過guo 一面。 (Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guo yī miàn.) - I have only met him once.
12. Simplified form of 麵

顔
1. Variant of 顏
2. usage. This character is considered the traditional form of Xin Zixing) in use since 1965.

颜
1. Simplified form of 顏

表情
1. n. expression (on one's face)
2. v. (literary) to express one's feelings

面子
1. n. outer part; outside; face
2. n. reputation; face; self-respect
愛.面子 - to be sensitive about one's reputation
挽回面子zi - to save face
3. n. feelings; sensibilities
給他留面子 - to spare his feelings
4. Simplified form of 麵子

表面
1. n. surface; face; external appearance
表面光澤 - lustrous surface
表面微生物 - surface microorganism
2. n. the superficial aspect; the surface (of a problem)
3. Simplified form of 錶面