面

麵traditional

HSK 2#403 by frequencyradical 面

miàn["n","q","v","g"]

face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc; flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless

miàn

flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless

Examples

我在吃面。

I am eating noodles.

我没买面包。

I didn't buy bread.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.