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HSK
to meet; to see each other / CL:
HSK 1
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
  *麵* | 麵* | *麵
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless
HSK 2
respect / aspect / field / side / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
(sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
HSK 2
instant noodles
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麪* | 麪* | *麪
variant of 麵|面
HSK 2
all-around / comprehensive / total / overall
HSK 3
inside / interior / also pr. [li3 mian5]
HSK 3
ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5]
HSK 3
on the other hand / another aspect
HSK 3
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
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 3
to boil noodles
HSK 3
on top of / above-mentioned / also pr. [shang4 mian5]
HSK 3
surface / face / outside / appearance
HSK 3
variant of 裡面|里面
HSK 3
on the one hand
HSK 3
unilateral / one-sided
HSK 4
floor / ground / surface
HSK 4
scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view
HSK 5
scene / spectacle / occasion / situation
HSK 5
aspect / phase / situation
HSK 5
face to face
HSK 6
aspect; facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane
HSK 6
many-sided / in many aspects
HSK 6
to appear personally / to step in / to step forth / to show up
HSK 6
road surface
HSK 7-9
lateral side / side / aspect / profile
HSK 7-9
in writing; written
HSK 7-9
negative / the negative side
HSK 7-9
to meet with / meeting
HSK 7-9
one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face
HSK 7-9
cover (of a publication)
HSK 7-9
to sb's face / in sb's presence
HSK 7-9
dignity; prestige; face / honorable; creditable / (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable
HSK 7-9
to show one's face / to appear (in public)
HSK 7-9
water surface
HSK 7-9
the back / the reverse side / the wrong side
HSK 7-9
the surface of the sea; ocean surface
HSK 7-9
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
plane (flat surface) / print media
HSK 7-9
all sides; all aspects / multifaceted
HSK 7-9
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
to tattoo the face / face tattoo / to brand (ancient punishment)
desktop / tabletop
right in the face
profile / section
to meet face-to-face
Baengnyeong township (South Korea) / see also 白翎島|白翎岛
rice and noodles / rice flour / rice-flour noodles
page of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website) / printing space (reserved for some content) / page layout
right side
instant noodles
corn flour mixed with a little soybean flour
paving / pavement
front window / store front
broad, belt-shaped noodles, popular in Shaanxi
cornmeal; maize flour
lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf
to lose face
to see the world / to broaden one's horizons
double-sided / two-faced / double-edged / reversible
(Tw) interface (computing)
facial cleansing
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
shop front
page / web page
instant noodles / (Tw) pirated software
stir-fried noodles / "chow mein"
pulled noodles / ramen
cup noodles
active desktop
penne pasta
cold noodles
noodles in soup
face / prestige
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall)
the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce)
to cover one's face; to wear a mask / brazen; shameless
directly; head-on (collision) / (of wind) in one's face
section / cross-cut / tangent plane (math.)
both sides
wave front
instant noodles
contact surface / (computing) interface
noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc
west side / west
to keep up appearances / to put up a front
application programming interface (API) (Tw)
fortune telling based on the subject's face
face
naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
udon, a thick Japanese-style wheat-flour noodle
floor
multiple viewpoints

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