面[miàn]

名

1. face

♦ ~带笑容 with a smile on one's face

♦ ~无惧色 not look at all afraid

♦ 看在我的~上, 饶了他这一回吧。 Please let him off this time just for my sake.

2. surface; top; face

♦ 钟~ clock face; dial

♦ ~儿磨得很光。 The surface has been polished shining bright.

3. side

♦ 这种纸一~光。 This kind of paper is smooth on one side.

♦ 这本书有多少~？ How many pages are there in this book?

4. the right side; cover; outside

♦ 书~儿 the cover of a book

♦ 夹袄的~儿 the outside of a lined jacket

♦ 这块布做里儿, 那块布做~儿。 Use this piece of cloth for the lining and use that piece for the outside.

5. extent; range; scale; scope

♦ 知识~广(窄) have a wide (narrow) range of knowledge

♦ 这次讨论涉及的~很广。 The discussion covered a wide range of topics.

6. wheat flour; flour

♦ 大米~ rice flour

7. powder

♦ 药~儿 medicinal powder

♦ 胡椒~儿 ground pepper

8. noodles

♦ 一碗~ a bowl of noodles

9. an entire area (as opposed to particular points)

♦ 部长下去蹲点了, ~上的工作他让我来抓。 The minister has gone to work at a grass-roots unit and left me in charge of the ministry.

动face (a certain direction)

♦ 这房子~南坐北。 The house faces south.

量

1. surface

♦ 立方体有六~。 A cube has six surfaces.

2. (for flat things)

♦ 一~镜子 a mirror

♦ 两~旗子 two flags

副personally; directly

♦ ~告 tell sb. personally V (方位词后缀)(to a noun of locality): 前面

♦ 后面 Ⅵ形 soft and floury: 这块白薯真~。 This sweet potato is soft and floury.