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The Chinese word for bread is
面包

miàn bāo



bread

Chinese Definition


bread
     1. 名词. 麵包
Components
     1. (literary or dialectal) face
           面 帶 笑容 - miàn dài xiàoróng - to have a smile on one's face
           你 塊 面 有 笪 嘢。 - There's something on your face.
     2. surface; top; face
           水面 - shuǐmiàn - water surface
           路面 - lùmiàn - road surface
     3. aspect; side; respect
           全面 - quánmiàn - overall
     4. right side; cover; outside
     5. (geometry) face
           長方體 有 六 個 面。 ( Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn.) - A cuboid has six faces.
     6. (Cantonese, Singapore, &, Penang Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face
           冇面min6-2 - mou5 min6-2 - to lose face; to be embarrassed, C
     7. to meet
           面世 - miànshì - to come out, lit=to meet the world
     8. face-to-face
           面談 - miàntán - to talk with someone face to face
           面告 - miàngào - to inform face to face
     9. to face
           面壁 - miànbì - to face the wall
           背 山 面 水 - bèi shān miàn shuǐ - backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water
     10. (suffix used to form a noun of locality)
           前面 - qiánmiàn - in front
           上面 - shàngmiàn - higher place
           西面 - xīmiàn - west
     11. Short for 面試, interview
           HR面 - tr=HRmiàn -
           一 面 國旗 - yī miàn guóqí - a national flag
           一 面 鼓 - yī miàn gǔ - a drum
           我 和 他 只 見 過guo 一 面。 (Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guo yī miàn.) - I have only met him once.
     12. Simplified form of 麵
     1. to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up
     2. to include; to encompass
     3. to cover; to place under cover
     4. to assure; to ensure; to guarantee
           包 你 滿意 - You're guaranteed to be pleased -
     5. to reserve or dedicate for a specific purpose
     6. to make a wrapped item
           包 餃子zi - to make dumplings -
           包 雲吞 - to make wontons -
           包 粽 - to make zongzi -
     7. to surround
     8. (Malaysia, Singapore, slang) Short for 打包, to take away (food)
     9. bundle; bunch
     10. parcel; package
     11. (software) package
           包管理器 - package manager
     12. bag; sack
           書包 - schoolbag; backpack
     13. bump; swelling
     14. yurt
     15. (food) baozi
           叉燒包 - char siu bao
           小籠包 - xiaolongbao
     16. (food) bun; bread (any small baked good)
           (Alternative form 飽)
           麵包 - bread
           漢堡包 - hamburger
           一 包 薯片 - a bag of potato chips
           ^包 ^拯 - Bao Zheng (Chinese politician during the Song dynasty)
     17. Only used in 包來



Translations for and their definitions

麵包
     1. n. bread
           兩 塊 麵包 - two loaves of bread
           兩 片 麵包 - two slices of bread
           四 條 麵包 - four loaves of bread
           三 塊 麵包 - three slices of bread
     2. n. (proscribed) baked good; roll; bun; pastry; cake
           兩 個 麵包 - two baked goods
     3. n. (Penghu Min Nan) mantou


面包
     1. Simplified form of 麵包
     2. n. (Waxiang) face


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