面 miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 — face
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
面孔
miànkǒng
face; countenance
Characters in this word
孔 kǒng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 纪录片没有回避战争中的普通面孔，反而让历史显得更真实。 Jìlùpiàn méiyǒu huíbì zhànzhēng zhōng de pǔtōng miànkǒng, fǎn'ér ràng lìshǐ xiǎnde gèng zhēnshí. The documentary does not avoid the ordinary faces in the war; instead, it makes history feel more real.
- 车站里人来人往，到处都是陌生的面孔。 Chēzhàn lǐ rén lái rén wǎng, dàochù dōu shì mòshēng de miànkǒng. The station is full of people coming and going, strange faces everywhere.
- 新学期开始了，教室里多了几张年轻的新面孔。 Xīn xuéqī kāishǐ le, jiàoshì lǐ duō le jǐ zhāng niánqīng de xīn miànkǒng. The new term has begun, and a few young new faces have joined the classroom.
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