The Chinese word for face is
脸
liǎnChinese Definition
face | |
1. 面、工祖 |
Translations for face and their definitions
面臨 | |
1. v. to face; to be faced with; to be confronted with | |
面臨 失業 - to face unemployment | |
面臨 處chǔ罰 - to face penalties | |
水土.流失 是 這個 地區 農業 生產 面臨 的 一 個gè 主要 問題。 - Erosion is a major issue faced by agricultural production in this region. |
朝 | |
1. morning | |
朝zhāo夕 (zhāoxī) - morning and evening; all the time | |
2. daytime; day; full day | |
3. (obsolete) beginning; start | |
4. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Bei) breakfast | |
5. (historical) to wish elders or seniors good health; to visit (a senior person) | |
6. (historical) to have an audience with the king or emperor; to perform the morning ceremony; to go to court | |
7. to make a pilgrimage to; to pay homage to | |
8. to assemble; to call; to gather | |
9. imperial court | |
10. dynasty (line of rulers) | |
11. emperor's reign; period ruled by a particular emperor or king | |
12. government; imperial government | |
13. affairs of the state | |
14. (historical) courtier class | |
15. (Huizhou) paternal grandfather | |
16. to face | |
朝-著着zhe 南邊 (cháozhe nánbiān) - facing the south | |
17. towards; to; on | |
朝 前 看 (cháo qián kàn) - look ahead lit. look to the front | |
18. Short for 朝鮮, North Korea; Korea | |
^美 ^朝 關係 (Měi Cháo guānxì) - US-North Korea relations |
臉 | |
1. (anatomy) face | |
洗臉 - to wash one's face | |
臉 上 的 笑容 - smile on one's face | |
2. (by extension) facial expression; complexion | |
3. (figurative) front part of something | |
4. (figurative) reputation; face; image | |
賞臉 - to honour somebody with one's presence | |
丟臉 - to lose face; to bring shame to oneself | |
沒 臉 見 人 - to be too embarrassed to face anybody |
對 | |
1. correct; true; right | |
對 啊! - Correct! | |
你 說 對 了。 - You're right. | |
Synonyms: 不錯, 沒錯, yue:冇錯 | |
Antonyms: 錯 | |
2. to treat; to deal with; to take on | |
對症下藥 - to prescribe the right medicine for an illness | |
對 事 不 對 人 - to concern oneself with acts and not with individuals (when settling an issue) | |
你 怎麼 對 人家,人家 就 怎麼 對 你。 - Others treat you the way you treat them. | |
刀 對 刀,槍 對 槍 - sword against sword; spear against spear | |
^廣東 隊 對 ^香港 隊 - Guangdong competes against Hong Kong | |
3. (introducing the recipient of the action) towards; to | |
Synonyms: 向 | |
你 對 他 說 了 些 什麼? - What did you say to him? | |
從 不 對 困難 低頭 - to never yield to difficulties | |
4. to; with regard to; concerning | |
大家 對 你 完全 信任。 - Everyone has complete faith in you. | |
你 為什麼 對 他 那麼 好? - Why do you treat him so well? | |
多 吃 蔬菜 對 身體 好。 - Eating more vegetables is good for the body. | |
你 對 什麼 藥物 過敏 嗎? - Are you allergic to any medications? | |
你 對 這 件 事 有 什麼 看法? - What are your views on this issue? | |
佢 對 噉 嘅 嘢 冇 咩 興趣 嘅。 - He doesn't have interest in that sort of thing. | |
5. according to; for | |
這 個 成績 對 我 來 說 已經 很 好 了。 - For me, this result is already very good. | |
6. opposite; opposing | |
對岸 - opposite bank; opposite shore | |
對方 - other party | |
對手 - opponent | |
7. to face | |
對 著着zhe 鏡子 微笑 - to smile at the mirror | |
窗戶 對 著着zhe 馬路。 - The window faces the road. | |
把 槍口 對準 敵人 - to aim the gun at the enemy | |
8. paired; contrasting | |
對調 - to swap | |
對立 - to be in opposition to | |
對照 - a comparison; to contrast | |
中日 對譯 - Chinese-Japanese bilingual text | |
9. to suit; to fit | |
對 心思 - to think the same | |
10. to match; to cause two things to match | |
對 對子 - to match an antithetical phrase | |
對 不上 - does not match | |
11. to respond; to answer | |
無言以對 - to be left speechless; to be unable to respond | |
12. to check by comparing; to verify by comparing | |
對 答案 - to check answers | |
對 筆跡 - to compare signatures | |
對賬 - to check bills | |
13. to adjust; to set | |
14. to mix; to add | |
15. to divide in half | |
16. couplet | |
一 對 夫婦 - a couple | |
兩 對 鞋 - two pairs of shoes | |
一 對 燕子zi - a pair of swallows | |
17. (Min Nan) from | |
我 對 基隆 來。 - I come from Keelung., MN | |
18. (attention, zh, probably needs a lot of expansion) |
脸 | |
1. Simplified form of 臉 |
面临 | |
1. Simplified form of 面臨 |
对 | |
1. Variant of 對 |
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 |
顔 | |
1. Variant of 顏 | |
2. usage. This character is considered the traditional form of Xin Zixing) in use since 1965. |
颜 | |
1. Simplified form of 顏 |
面孔 | |
1. n. (formal or Wu) face | |
2. n. (figurative, metonymic) person; people | |
3. n. (figurative) appearance; form |
表情 | |
1. n. expression (on one's face) | |
2. v. (literary) to express one's feelings |
面子 | |
1. n. outer part; outside; face | |
2. n. reputation; face; self-respect | |
愛.面子 - to be sensitive about one's reputation | |
挽回 面子zi - to save face | |
3. n. feelings; sensibilities | |
給 他 留 面子 - to spare his feelings | |
4. Simplified form of 麵子 |
表面 | |
1. n. surface; face; external appearance | |
表面 光澤 - lustrous surface | |
表面 微生物 - surface microorganism | |
2. n. the superficial aspect; the surface (of a problem) | |
3. Simplified form of 錶面 |
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