脸 (liǎn) means Face (feelings). Below are 24 of the 27 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
早上起来要洗 脸 。
Zǎoshang qǐlai yào xǐ liǎn.
You should wash your face when you get up.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 脸
他 脸 上带着微笑。
Tā liǎn shàng dài zhe wēixiào.
There is a smile on his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 微笑
她挥去了 脸 上的汗。
Tā huī qù le liǎn shàng de hàn.
She wiped the sweat from her face.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挥
她 脸 上焕发着光彩。
Tā liǎn shang huànfāzhe guāngcǎi.
Her face glowed with radiance.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 光彩
一股热气扑到 脸 上。
Yì gǔ rèqì pū dào liǎn shang.
A wave of hot air hit his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扑
我每天早上刷牙洗 脸 。
Wǒ měi tiān zǎoshang shuāyá xǐ liǎn.
Every morning I brush my teeth and wash my face.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 刷牙
她 脸 上的表情很奇怪。
Tā liǎn shàng de biǎoqíng hěn qíguài.
The expression on her face was very strange.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 表情
他 脸 上带着苦涩的笑。
Tā liǎn shang dàizhe kǔsè de xiào.
There was a bitter smile on his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 苦涩
他一 脸 无辜地看着我。
Tā yì liǎn wúgū de kànzhe wǒ.
He looked at me with an innocent face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无辜
他 脸 上露出快活的神情。
Tā liǎn shang lòuchū kuàihuo de shénqíng.
A cheerful look came over his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 快活
这套系统可以识别人 脸 。
Zhè tào xìtǒng kěyǐ shíbié rén liǎn.
This system can recognise faces.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 识别
他 脸 上露出凶恶的表情。
Tā liǎn shang lòuchū xiōng'è de biǎoqíng.
A ferocious look came over his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凶恶
他掩饰不住 脸 上的失望。
Tā yǎnshì bu zhù liǎn shang de shīwàng.
He could not hide the disappointment on his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 掩饰
他 脸 上带着疑惑的表情。
Tā liǎn shang dàizhe yíhuò de biǎoqíng.
There was a puzzled look on his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 疑惑
他 脸 上长了几块褐色的斑。
Tā liǎn shang zhǎng le jǐ kuài hèsè de bān.
A few brown spots have appeared on his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 斑
岁月在他 脸 上留下了痕迹。
Suìyuè zài tā liǎn shang liúxià le hénjì.
The years have left their marks on his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 痕迹
岁月在他 脸 上刻下了皱纹。
Suìyuè zài tā liǎn shang kè xià le zhòuwén.
The years have carved wrinkles into his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 皱纹
他 脸 色苍白，看上去很虚弱。
Tā liǎnsè cāngbái, kàn shàngqù hěn xūruò.
His face was pale and he looked very weak.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 苍白
丰收的喜悦写在每个人 脸 上。
Fēngshōu de xǐyuè xiě zài měi ge rén liǎn shang.
The joy of the harvest showed on everyone's face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 喜悦
照片太模糊，很难辨认出人 脸 。
Zhàopiàn tài móhu, hěn nán biànrèn chū rén liǎn.
The photo is too blurred to make out anyone's face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辨认
他为人温和，很少和别人红 脸 。
Tā wéirén wēnhé, hěn shǎo hé biéren hóngliǎn.
He is mild-mannered and rarely falls out with anyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 温和
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From the graded readers
她的 脸 都红了，一直在喘气。
tā de / dì liǎn dōu hóng le / liǎo / liào, yìzhí zài chuǎn qì.
Her face was red and she was breathing hard.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
我走上台，看着下面那么多张 脸 ，脑子忽然一片空白。
wǒ zǒushang tái, kànzhe xiàmian nàme duō zhāng liǎn, nǎozi hūrán yīpiàn kòngbái.
I walked on stage, looked at all those faces, and my mind went blank.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
脸 appears in 27 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 脸
How is 脸 used in a sentence?
This page shows 27 sentences using 脸 (liǎn, "Face (feelings)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 脸 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 脸 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 脸 an HSK word?
Yes — 脸 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 脸?
The dictionary page for 脸 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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