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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
on top of / above-mentioned / also pr. [shang4 mian5]
HSK 3
on the one hand
HSK 3
to meet; to see each other / CL:
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麵* | 麵* | *麵
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless
HSK 2
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
respect / aspect / field / side / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
(sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
HSK 2
to boil noodles
HSK 3
to appear personally / to step in / to step forth / to show up
HSK 6
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 3
scene / spectacle / occasion / situation
HSK 5
ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5]
HSK 3
instant noodles
HSK 2
floor / ground / surface
HSK 4
aspect / phase / situation
HSK 5
on the other hand / another aspect
HSK 3
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
face to face
HSK 6
scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view
HSK 5
inside / interior / also pr. [li3 mian5]
HSK 3
dignity; prestige; face / honorable; creditable / (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable
HSK 7-9
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
water surface
HSK 7-9
stir-fried noodles / "chow mein"
aspect; facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane
HSK 6
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia
(math.) complex plane; Argand plane
hyperboloid of one sheet (math.)
plane (flat surface) / print media
HSK 7-9
cover (of a publication)
HSK 7-9
zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce)
the wider world / diverse aspects of society
the surface of the river
graphical user interface (GUI)
the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce)
mask
the back / the reverse side / the wrong side
HSK 7-9
lateral side / side / aspect / profile
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
east side (of sth)
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
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
to meet with / meeting
HSK 7-9
Graphical User Interface (GUI) (computing)
all sides; all aspects / multifaceted
HSK 7-9
right side
Sichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce
sea level
face
roof
both sides
to meet face-to-face
vertical section / longitudinal section
desktop / tabletop
directly; head-on (collision) / (of wind) in one's face
macaroni
brand of Hong Kong instant noodles / also used as term for instant noodles in general
to sb's face / in sb's presence
HSK 7-9
to meet / to run into (sb) / to get together (with sb)
data interface
instant noodles
(fig.) two sides of the same coin
to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path / to break fresh ground
to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
negative / the negative side
HSK 7-9
right in the face
surface of a river
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
to meet
political climate
to meet (in person); to meet with sb
broad, belt-shaped noodles, popular in Shaanxi, also known as 𰻞𰻞麵|𰻝𰻝
buldak ramen (a type of spicy Korean instant noodles)
articular facet (anatomy) / surface in joint
(lit. and fig.) dark side
south side / south
contact surface / (computing) interface
profile / section
northern side / north
the surface of the sea; ocean surface
HSK 7-9
to keep up appearances / to put up a front
lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom) / fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
plane (of existence)
beef noodle soup
to leaven dough / to make bread
(idiom) to have never met / to be complete strangers
surface of tire / tread (of tire)
(geometry) hyperbolic paraboloid
(geometry) coplanar
underneath
pulled noodles / ramen

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