面 miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 — face
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
面部
miànbù
face, facial part
Characters in this word
部 bù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 咅 to spit out 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面部表情往往比语言更能透露真实情绪。 Miànbù biǎoqíng wǎngwǎng bǐ yǔyán gèng néng tòulù zhēnshí qíngxù. Facial expressions often reveal real emotions more than words do.
- 她在面部涂了一层防晒霜。 Tā zài miànbù tú le yì céng fángshàishuāng. She applied a layer of sunscreen to her face.
- 医生仔细检查了孩子面部的红点。 Yīshēng zǐxì jiǎnchá le háizi miànbù de hóngdiǎn. The doctor carefully examined the red spots on the child's face.
Related words
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 面包 miànbāo bread
- 面条儿 miàntiáor noodles
- 对面 duìmiàn opposite; across from
- 方便面 fāngbiànmiàn instant noodles
- 方面 fāngmiàn aspect; side
- 面 miàn face, side (a measure word for flat things)
- 面 miàn noodles
- 面前 miànqián in front of
- 表面 biǎomiàn surface
- 后面 hòumiàn behind; the back
- 里面 lǐmiàn inside