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HSK
outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance
HSK 3
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
to boil noodles
HSK 3
on top of / above-mentioned / also pr. [shang4 mian5]
HSK 3
inside / interior / also pr. [li3 mian5]
HSK 3
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 3
on the one hand
HSK 3
all-around / comprehensive / total / overall
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *面* | 面* | *面
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *面* | 面* | *面
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless
HSK 2
respect / aspect / field / side / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to appear personally / to step in / to step forth / to show up
HSK 6
ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5]
HSK 3
to meet; to see each other / CL:
HSK 1
scene / spectacle / occasion / situation
HSK 5
floor / ground / surface
HSK 4
instant noodles
HSK 2
scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view
HSK 5
(sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
HSK 2
aspect / phase / situation
HSK 5
on the other hand / another aspect
HSK 3
lateral side / side / aspect / profile
HSK 7-9
surface / face / outside / appearance
HSK 3
one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face
HSK 7-9
unilateral / one-sided
HSK 4
many-sided / in many aspects
HSK 6
variant of 裡面|里面
HSK 3
unilateral
HSK 7-9
to meet with / meeting
HSK 7-9
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
water surface
HSK 7-9
(fig.) two sides of the same coin
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall)
boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
plane (flat surface) / print media
HSK 7-9
cover (of a publication)
HSK 7-9
the wider world / diverse aspects of society
dignity; prestige; face / honorable; creditable / (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable
HSK 7-9
the surface of the river
aspect; facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane
HSK 6
the dark side (of society etc)
face to face
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *面* | 面* | *面
variant of 麵|面
HSK 2
the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce)
user interface
mask
(Tw) spaghetti; pasta
the back / the reverse side / the wrong side
HSK 7-9
face / prestige
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
a row of things facing oneself (esp. a row of products on a shelf facing customers in a store) / (neologism c. 2019) (coll.) ostentation; showiness; impressiveness
to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation
cold noodles
cup noodles
both sides
pasta (abbr. for 意大利麵|意大利面) / (Tw) yi mein, a variety of Cantonese egg noodle
cold noodles in sauce
udon, a thick Japanese-style wheat-flour noodle
stir-fried noodles / "chow mein"
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
negative / the negative side
HSK 7-9
all sides; all aspects / multifaceted
HSK 7-9
right side
leaf surface
sea level
instant noodles / (Tw) pirated software
roof
in writing; written
HSK 7-9
to meet face-to-face
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
instant noodles
lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils
desktop / tabletop
directly; head-on (collision) / (of wind) in one's face
head ornament (in former times) / (literary) head / face / looks
better kept under the table (idiom) / not to be disclosed / too inferior to show in public
graphical user interface (GUI)
to knead dough
to meet / to run into (sb) / to get together (with sb)
Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2015)
pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia
to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section
face
pasta / noodles
data interface
many-sided
tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake
two-way / reversible / both sides of the coin
impact; effect
right in the face
surface of a river
noodles in soup
cooked noodles cooled with cold water
plain noodles in broth
political climate
to meet (in person); to meet with sb
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
(lit. and fig.) dark side

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