面 (miàn) means Face (surface - aspect - flour - noodles). Below are 24 of the 217 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
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From the graded readers
面 试我的一共有两个人。
miàn shì wǒ de(possessive) yīgòng yǒu liǎng gèrén.
Two people interviewed me.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
昨天我去参加了一个 面 试。
zuótiān wǒ qù cānjiā le / liǎo / liào yīgè miàn shì.
Yesterday I went to a job interview.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
前 面 的问题我都回答得不错。
qiánmian de / dì wèntí wǒ dōu huídá dé / děi / de búcuò.
I answered the first questions well enough.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
鸡蛋、牛奶、 面 包、水果和茶。
jīdàn, niúnǎi, miànbāo, shuǐguǒ hé chá.
Eggs, milk, bread, fruit and tea.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
他说：“别看地上，看前 面 。”
tā shuō:" bié kàn / kān dìshàng, kàn / kān qiánmian."
He said, "Don't look at the ground — look ahead."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
爸爸在后 面 扶着车，让我慢慢地骑。
bàba zài hòumian fúzhe chē, ràng wǒ mànmàn dì / de qí.
Dad held the back of the bike and let me ride slowly.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
她给了我一张纸，上 面 写着五样东西。
tā gěile wǒ yī zhāng zhǐ, shàngmian xiězhe wǔ yàng dōngxī.
She gave me a piece of paper with five things written on it.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
为了这次 面 试，我准备了整整一个星期。
wèile zhècì miàn shì, wǒ zhǔnbèi le / liǎo / liào zhěngzhěng yīgè xīngqī.
I'd prepared for a full week for it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
From the travel phrasebook
前 面 路口右转。
Qiánmiàn lùkǒu yòu zhuǎn.
Turn right at the next junction.
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
前 面 路口左转。
Qiánmiàn lùkǒu zuǒ zhuǎn.
Turn left at the next junction.
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
请给我小 面 额的。
Qǐng gěi wǒ xiǎo miàn'é de.
Small notes, please.
Travel phrasebook · Paying and mobile payment
请给我一个书 面 答复。
Qǐng gěi wǒ yí ge shūmiàn dáfù.
Please give me a written reply.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
From the grammar library
我用筷子吃 面 条。
Wǒ yòng kuàizi chī miàntiáo.
I eat noodles with chopsticks.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
面 appears in 217 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.
Words that contain 面
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Questions about 面
How is 面 used in a sentence?
This page shows 217 sentences using 面 (miàn, "Face (surface - aspect - flour - noodles)"), 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 面 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 面 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 面?
The dictionary page for 面 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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