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麵

miàn

flour, dough, noodles

Strokes
20
Radical
麥
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 面

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 面, the simplified form of 麵. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我在吃面。

    Wǒ zài chī miàn

    I am eating noodles.

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  • 在我前面走。

    Zài wǒ qián miàn zǒu

    Walk ahead of me.

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  • 意大利面！

    Yì dà lì miàn

    Pasta!

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  • 我在外面等。

    Wǒ zài wài miàn děng

    I'm waiting outside.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 面

  • 后面hòu mian 4–5the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
  • 前面qián miàn 2–4 ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian]
  • 见面jiàn miàn 4–4 to meet; to see each other
  • 面包miàn bāo 4–1 bread
  • 面条儿miàn tiáo r 4–2 erhua variant of 面条; noodles
  • 方面fāng miàn 1–4 respect; aspect; field; side
  • 面miàn 4face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
  • 面前miàn qián 4–2 in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
  • 对面duì miàn 4–4 (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face
  • 方便面fāng biàn miàn 1–4–4instant noodles
  • 里面lǐ miàn 3–4 inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian]
  • 面对miàn duì 4–4 to face; to confront