The Chinese word for bread is
面包
miàn bāoChinese Definition
bread | |
1. 名词. 麵包 | |
Components | |
面 | |
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 | |
包 | |
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 包 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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miàn bāo
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