Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
面 |
miàn |
1. (literary or dialectal) face |
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面 帶 笑容 - miàn dài xiàoróng - to have a smile on one's face |
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你 塊 面 有 笪 嘢。 - There's something on your face. |
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2. surface; top; face |
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水面 - shuǐmiàn - water surface |
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路面 - lùmiàn - road surface |
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3. aspect; side; respect |
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全面 - quánmiàn - overall |
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4. right side; cover; outside |
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5. (geometry) face |
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長方體 有 六 個 面。 ( Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn.) - A cuboid has six faces. |
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6. (Cantonese, Singapore, &, Penang Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face |
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冇面min6-2 - mou5 min6-2 - to lose face; to be embarrassed, C |
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7. to meet |
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面世 - miànshì - to come out, lit=to meet the world |
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8. face-to-face |
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面談 - miàntán - to talk with someone face to face |
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面告 - miàngào - to inform face to face |
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9. to face |
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面壁 - miànbì - to face the wall |
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背 山 面 水 - bèi shān miàn shuǐ - backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water |
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10. (suffix used to form a noun of locality) |
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前面 - qiánmiàn - in front |
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上面 - shàngmiàn - higher place |
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西面 - xīmiàn - west |
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11. Short for 面試 (interview) |
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(zh-co, HR面, tr=HRmiàn) |
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一 面 國旗 - yī miàn guóqí - a national flag |
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一 面 鼓 - yī miàn gǔ - a drum |
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我 和 他 只 見 過guo 一 面。 (Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guo yī miàn.) - I have only met him once. |
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12. Simplified form of 麵 |
包 |
bāo |
1. to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up | |
2. to include; to encompass |
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3. to cover; to place under cover |
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4. to assure; to ensure; to guarantee |
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(zh-co, 包 你 滿意, You're guaranteed to be pleased) |
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5. to reserve or dedicate for a specific purpose |
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6. to make a wrapped item |
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zh-co, 包 餃子zi, to make dumplings |
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(zh-co, 包 雲吞, to make wontons, C) |
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(zh-co, 包 粽, to make zongzi, C) |
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7. to surround |
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8. (Malaysia, Singapore, slang) Short for 打包 (to take away (food)) |
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9. bundle; bunch |
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10. parcel; package |
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11. (software) package |
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包管理器 - package manager |
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12. bag; sack |
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書包 - schoolbag; backpack |
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13. bump; swelling |
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14. yurt |
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15. (food) baozi |
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叉燒包 - char siu bao |
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小籠包 - xiaolongbao |
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16. (food) bun; bread (any small baked good) |
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(zh-alt-inline, 飽) |
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麵包 - bread |
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漢堡包 - hamburger |
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一 包 薯片 - a bag of potato chips |
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包 拯 - Bao Zheng (Chinese politician during the Song dynasty) |
fú |
17. (zh-only, 包來) |
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18. (cat, cmn, Elementary Mandarin) |