"Face" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 面对 | miàn duì | to confront / to face |   |
| 表面 | biǎo miàn | surface / face / outside / appearance | |
| 面子 | miàn zi | outer surface / outside / honor / reputation / face (as in "losing face") / self-respect / feelings / (medicinal) powder | |
| 面貌 | miàn mào | appearance / face / features / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 体面 | tǐ miàn | dignity / face (as in "losing face") / honorable / creditable / (of sb's appearance) presentable / respectable | |
| 对 |  duì | right / correct / couple / pair / towards / at / for / to face / opposite / to treat (sb a certain way) / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / classifier: couple | |
| 面向 | miàn xiàng | to face / to turn towards / to incline to / geared towards / catering for / -oriented / facial feature / appearance / aspect / facet | |
| 面孔 | miàn kǒng | face | |
| 面部 | miàn bù | face (body part) | |
| 脸庞 | liǎn páng | face | |
| 脸部 | liǎn bù | face | |
| 脸蛋 | liǎn dàn | cheek / face | |
| 朝向 | cháo xiàng | toward / to face / to open onto / to turn towards / orientation / exposure / Qibla (Islam) | |
| 脸孔 | liǎn kǒng | face | |
| 直面 | zhí miàn | to face (reality, danger etc) | |
| 脸皮 | liǎn pí | face / cheek | |
| 颜面 | yán miàn | face / prestige | |
| 脸面 | liǎn miàn | face | |
| 面庞 | miàn páng | face | |
| 老脸 | lǎo liǎn | self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen | |
| 面临 | miàn lín | to face sth / to be confronted with | |
| 一面 | yī miàn | one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face | |
| 看起来 | kàn qǐ lái | seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be | |
| 看起来 | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be | |
| 转身 | zhuǎn shēn | (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) | |
| 对面 | duì miàn | (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face | |
| 满脸 | mǎn liǎn | across one's whole face | |
| 嘴巴 | zuǐ ba | mouth / CL:張|张[zhang1] / slap in the face / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 转头 | zhuàn tóu | nutation (plants turning to face the sun) | |
| 转头 | zhuǎn tóu | to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent | |
| 表面上 | biǎo miàn shang | outwardly / superficially / on the face of it | |
| 笑脸 | xiào liǎn | smiling face / smiley :) ☺ / CL:副[fu4] | |
| 满面 | mǎn miàn | across one's whole face / (smiling) from ear to ear | |
| 当面 | dāng miàn | to sb's face / in sb's presence | |
| 面对面 | miàn duì miàn | face to face | |
| 面膜 | miàn mó | facial mask / cleanser / face pack / facial (treatment) | |
| 迎面 | yíng miàn | directly / head-on (collision) / in one's face (of wind) | |
| 冒着 | mào zhe | to brave / to face dangers | |
| 含笑 | hán xiào | to have a smile on one's face | |
| 露面 | lòu miàn | to show one's face / to appear (in public) | |
| 正视 | zhèng shì | to face squarely / to meet head on / to face up to | |
| 耳光 | ěr guāng | a slap on the face / CL:記|记[ji4] | |
| 洗脸 | xǐ liǎn | to wash your face | |
| 洗脸 | xǐ liǎn | to wash your face | |
| 丢脸 | diū liǎn | to lose face / humiliation | |
| 仰天 | yǎng tiān | to face upwards / to look up to the sky | |
| 口吻 | kǒu wěn | tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face | |
| 丢人 | diū rén | to lose face | |
| 花瓶 | huā píng | flower vase / fig. just a pretty face / CL:對|对[dui4] | |
| 变脸 | biàn liǎn | to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc | |
| 面值 | miàn zhí | face value / par value | |
| 攀登 | pān dēng | to climb / to pull oneself up / to clamber / to scale / fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger | |
| 鬼脸 | guǐ liǎn | wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask | |
| 当头 | dāng tóu | coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first | |
| 西侧 | xī cè | west side / west face | |
| 扑面 | pū miàn | lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils | |
| 硬着头皮 | yìng zhe tóu pí | to brace oneself to do sth / to put a bold face on it / to summon up courage / to force oneself to | |
| 蒙面 | méng miàn | masked / covered face | |
| 东侧 | dōng cè | east side / east face | |
| 面授 | miàn shòu | to teach face to face / to instruct in person | |
| 相望 | xiāng wàng | to look at one another / to face each other | |
| 两难 | liǎng nán | dilemma / quandary / to face a difficult choice | |
| 嘴脸 | zuǐ liǎn | features, face (esp. derogatorily) / look / appearance / countenance | |
| 束手无策 | shù shǒu wú cè | lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom) / fig. helpless in the face of a crisis | |
| 北侧 | běi cè | north side / north face | |
| 南侧 | nán cè | south side / south face | |
| 对敌 | duì dí | to confront / to face the enemy | |
| 应战 | yìng zhàn | to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it | |
| 脸型 | liǎn xíng | shape of face / physiognomy | |
| 露脸 | lòu liǎn | to show one's face / to make one's good name / to become successful and well known / to shine | |
| 洗漱 | xǐ shù | to wash the face and rinse the mouth | |
| 现世 | xiàn shì | this life / to lose face / to be disgraced | |
| 荡然无存 | dàng rán wú cún | to obliterate completely / to vanish from the face of the earth | |
| 笑靥 | xiào yè | dimple / smiling face | |
| 心惊肉跳 | xīn jīng ròu tiào | lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom) / fear and trepidation in the face of disaster | |
| 出丑 | chū chǒu | shameful / scandalous / to be humiliated / to make a fool of sb or oneself / to make sb lose face | |
| 见怪不怪 | jiàn guài bù guài | to keep one's calm in the face of the unexpected / not to wonder at strange sights | |
| 无地自容 | wú dì zì róng | ashamed and unable to show one's face | |
| 脸盆 | liǎn pén | washbowl / basin for washing hands and face / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 碰壁 | pèng bì | to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall / to hit a snag / to have the door slammed in one's face | |
| 对垒 | duì lěi | to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc) | |
| 灰头土脸 | huī tóu tǔ liǎn | head and face filthy with grime (idiom) / covered in dirt / dejected and depressed | |
| 栈道 | zhàn dào | plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers | |
| 哭丧着脸 | kū sang zhe liǎn | to pull a long face / to wear a mournful expression | |
| 情面 | qíng miàn | feelings and sensibilities / sentiment and face / sensitivity to other's feelings | |
| 愧对 | kuì duì | to be ashamed to face (sb) / to feel bad about having failed (sb) | |
| 白粉 | bái fěn | face powder / chalk powder / heroin | |
| 迎击 | yíng jī | to face an attack / to repulse the enemy | |
| 顶风 | dǐng fēng | to face into the wind / against the wind / fig. against the law | |
| 没脸 | méi liǎn | ashamed / embarrassed / not having the face (to meet people) / not daring (out of shame) | |
| 面壁 | miàn bì | to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc | |
| 狭路相逢 | xiá lù xiāng féng | lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face | |
| 抹黑 | mǒ hēi | to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) | |
| 瓜子脸 | guā zǐ liǎn | oval face | |
| 弄巧成拙 | nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō | to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face | |
| 娃娃脸 | wá wa liǎn | baby face / doll face | |
| 开光 | kāi guāng | eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) | |
| 鼻青脸肿 | bí qīng liǎn zhǒng | a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered | |
| 抛头露面 | pāo tóu lòu miàn | to show your face in public (derog.) | |
| 白脸 | bái liǎn | white face / face painting in Beijing opera etc | |
