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[1] [n] face; surface; top [2] [n] facade; front; cover [3] [n] side; aspect; respect [4] [n] extent; range; scale; scope [5] [v] face; front onto; meet; confront [6] [adv] directly; personally; to one's face [7] classifier for sth flat Default PoS:  Additional PoS:    Show all nouns that can use this classifier Stroke count: 9
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 21608 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Mar 2015 03:41 |
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食碗面反碗底
sik6 wun2 min6 faan2 wun2 dai2 = Go back upon somebody. Play somebody false. Betray a friend. (lit. to eat from a bowl and then turn it over) 粵
方面
fong1 min6 = aspect
背面
bui3 min6 = back side; reverse side
出面
ceot1 min6 = to act on behalf; outside
入面
jap6 min6 = inside, indoors
面目
min6 muk6 = face, appearance
洗面
sai2 min6 = to wash one's face 粵
對面
deoi3 min6 = opposite; across
面前
min6 cin4 = directly in front
上面
soeng6 min6 = [1] above; on top [2] Mainland ChinaSee all 307 compounds (CantoDict reports 321 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 30 examples containing 面
有個人喺棵樹後面匿埋 粵
There's someone hiding behind the tree. [Lit. have [counter] person at [counter] tree behind-face hide]
咪郁啦!!你喺到郁嚟郁去我睇唔到前面呀。 粵
Don't move!! I can't see the front when you keep moving. [the meaning of 咪郁 and 唔好郁 is the same basically, but the young people would like to say 咪郁 more than 唔好郁.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 面
Unicode code for this character: U+9762 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 面
Unicode code for this character: U+9762 (off-site link)
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