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miàn
Main
English Definitionflour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
See alsomiàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; measure word for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc (from traditional character )
miàn variant of (from traditional character )
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Pinyinmiàn
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)min6
Part of Speech(名) noun
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=2

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Words With Same Head Word    
面包miànbāobread
面条miàntiáonoodles
面粉miànfěnflour
面的miàndīabbr. of 面包车的士; minivan taxi
面板miànbǎnkneading board; breadboard
Words With Same Tail Word    
下面xiàmiànto boil noodles
方便面fāngbiàn miàninstant noodles
泡面pàomiàninstant noodles
拉面lāmiànpulled noodles; ramen
牛肉面niúròu miànbeef noodle soup
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