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Word and Radical Components of 面包

The Chinese word 面包 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
面包 1. Simplified form of 麵包
2. n. (Waxiang) face

面包 ⇨ 面 + 包
Component Pinyin Meanings
miàn 1. (literary or dialectal) face
      笑容 - miàn dài xiàoróng - to have a smile on one's face
      。 - 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 。 ( 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
      - 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)
     (zh-co, HR, tr=HRmiàn)
      國旗 - yī miàn guóqí - a national flag
      - yī miàn gǔ - a drum
      guo 。 (Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guo yī miàn.) - I have only met him once.
12. Simplified form of 麵
bāo 1. to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up
2. to include; to encompass
3. to cover; to place under cover
4. to assure; to ensure; to guarantee
     (zh-co, 滿意, You're guaranteed to be pleased)
5. to reserve or dedicate for a specific purpose
6. to make a wrapped item
     zh-co, 餃子zi, to make dumplings
     (zh-co, 雲吞, to make wontons, C)
     (zh-co, , to make zongzi, C)
7. to surround
8. (Malaysia, Singapore, slang) Short for 打包 (to take away (food))
9. bundle; bunch
10. parcel; package
11. (software) package
     包管理器 - package manager
12. bag; sack
     書包 - schoolbag; backpack
13. bump; swelling
14. yurt
15. (food) baozi
     叉燒包 - char siu bao
     小籠包 - xiaolongbao
16. (food) bun; bread (any small baked good)
     (zh-alt-inline, )
     麵包 - bread
     漢堡包 - hamburger
      薯片 - a bag of potato chips
      - Bao Zheng (Chinese politician during the Song dynasty)
17. (zh-only, 包來)
18. (cat, cmn, Elementary Mandarin)

包 ⇨ 勹 + 巳
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. wrap
2. Variant of 包
1. sixth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
2. snake (蛇) of Chinese zodiac
3. Variant of 已