"Surface" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 表面 | biǎo miàn | surface / face / outside / appearance |   |
| 外面 | wài miàn | outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance | |
| 地面 | dì miàn | floor / ground / surface | |
| 泛起 | fàn qǐ | to appear / to emerge / to surface | |
| 地表 | dì biǎo | the surface (of the earth) | |
| 曲面 | qū miàn | curved surface / surface | |
| 液面 | yè miàn | surface (of a body of liquid) | |
| 浮面 | fú miàn | surface (of a liquid) / superficial | |
| 皮面 | pí miàn | outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) | |
| 浮出水面 | fú chū shuǐ miàn | to float up (idiom) / to become evident / to surface / to appear | |
| 面积 | miàn jī | area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land | |
| 界面 | jiè miàn | contact surface / (computing) interface | |
| 路上 | lù shang | on the road / on a journey / road surface | |
| 面子 | miàn zi | outer surface / outside / honor / reputation / face (as in "losing face") / self-respect / feelings / (medicinal) powder | |
| 水面 | shuǐ miàn | water surface | |
| 隐患 | yǐn huàn | a danger concealed within sth / hidden damage / misfortune not visible from the surface | |
| 路面 | lù miàn | road surface | |
| 海面 | hǎi miàn | sea level / sea surface | |
| 总面积 | zǒng miàn jī | total area / overall surface area | |
| 外边 | wài bian | outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home | |
| 骨子里 | gǔ zi lǐ | beneath the surface / fundamentally / at the deepest level | |
| 吸附 | xī fù | to adhere to a surface / to absorb / to draw in / (fig.) to attract / (chemistry) adsorption | |
| 上头 | shàng tou | above / on top of / on the surface of | |
| 出水 | chū shuǐ | to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface | |
| 路况 | lù kuàng | road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) | |
| 潜藏 | qián cáng | hidden beneath the surface / buried and concealed | |
| 表层 | biǎo céng | surface layer | |
| 江面 | jiāng miàn | the surface of the river | |
| 水土 | shuǐ tǔ | water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate | |
| 河面 | hé miàn | surface of a river | |
| 脚背 | jiǎo bèi | instep (upper surface of the foot) | |
| 地表水 | dì biǎo shuǐ | surface water | |
| 底面 | dǐ miàn | bottom / bottom side / bottom surface | |
| 不痛不痒 | bù tòng bù yǎng | lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom) / sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory | |
| 工作面 | gōng zuò miàn | workface / a working surface | |
| 肌理 | jī lǐ | texture (of skin, surface etc) | |
| 端面 | duān miàn | end face / end surface of a cylindrical object | |
| 豆腐皮 | dòu fu pí | tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) | |
| 脚面 | jiǎo miàn | instep (upper surface of the foot) | |
| 水平面 | shuǐ píng miàn | horizontal plane / level surface / water level | |
| 表面张力 | biǎo miàn zhāng lì | surface tension | |
| 表面化 | biǎo miàn huà | to come to the surface / to become apparent | |
| 洋面 | yáng miàn | ocean surface | |
| 法线 | fǎ xiàn | normal line to a surface | |
| 表土 | biǎo tǔ | surface soil / topsoil | |
| 浮土 | fú tǔ | topsoil / surface dust | |
| 划 |  huá | to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) | |
| 地面水 | dì miàn shuǐ | surface water | |
| 龙门刨 | lóng mén bào | double column surface grinding machine | |
| 凸面 | tū miàn | convex surface | |
| 霜 | shuāng | frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream | |
| 出水芙蓉 | chū shuǐ fú róng | as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom) / surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy) | |
| 体表 | tǐ biǎo | surface of the body / periphery of the body / body thermometer / (literary) a person's appearance | |
| 反射面 | fǎn shè miàn | reflecting surface | |
| 霜花 | shuāng huā | frost forming a pattern on a surface / rime | |
| 表面信息 | biǎo miàn xìn xī | surface information | |
| 地面核爆炸 | dì miàn hé bào zhà | surface nuclear explosion | |
| 二次曲面 | èr cì qū miàn | quadric surface (geometry) | |
| 黎曼面 | Lí màn miàn | Riemann surface (math.) | |
| 黎曼曲面 | Lí màn qū miàn | Riemann surface (math.) | |
| 月球表面 | yuè qiú biǎo miàn | lunar surface / surface of the moon | |
| 噞 | yǎn | the movement of a fish's mouth at the surface of the water | |
| 不连续面 | bù lián xù miàn | surface of discontinuity | |
| 代数曲面 | dài shù qū miàn | algebraic surface | |
| 反光面 | fǎn guāng miàn | reflecting surface | |
| 可展曲面 | kě zhǎn qū miàn | (math.) a developable surface | |
| 地面灌溉 | dì miàn guàn gài | surface irrigation | |
| 撇掉 | piē diào | to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid | |
| 拟球 | nǐ qiú | (math.) pseudosphere, a surface in ordinary space of constant negative curvature | |
| 敷贴 | fū tiē | to smear / to apply glue or ointment to a surface | |
| 旋转曲面 | xuán zhuǎn qū miàn | a surface of revolution (math.) | |
| 浮上 | fú shàng | to float up / to rise to the surface / fig. to rise in the world | |
| 环面 | huán miàn | ring surface / annulus / torus (math.) | |
| 听墙面 | tīng qiáng miàn | surface of wall | |
| 胎面 | tāi miàn | surface of tire / tread (of tire) | |
| 螺旋曲面 | luó xuán qū miàn | spiral surface | |
| 表温 | biǎo wēn | surface temperature | |
| 表面外膜 | biǎo miàn wài mó | surface coat | |
| 转写 | zhuǎn xiě | to transliterate / to transcribe / to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal) | |
| 辟雍砚 | pì yōng yàn | ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface | |
| 关节面 | guān jié miàn | articular facet (anatomy) / surface in joint | |
| 隐燃 | yǐn rán | burning with no flame / fire beneath the surface / hidden combustion | |
| 顶面 | dǐng miàn | top / top side / top surface | |
| 地表径流 | dì biǎo jìng liú | surface water run-off / surface run-off | |
| 地表水体 | dì biǎo shuǐ tǐ | body of surface water | |
| 水陆运输 | shuǐ lù yùn shū | surface transport | |
| 地面辐射平衡气候学项目 | Surface Radiation Budget Climatology Project | | |
| 平均地面温度 | mean surface temperature | | |
| 海洋表面温度 | hǎi yáng biǎo miàn wēn duó | sea surface temperature | |
| 地球表面、气象和气候空间研究委员会 | Commission on Space Studies of the Earth's Surface, Meterology and Climate | | |
| 空中和水陆调度股 | Air and Surface Movement Control Unit | | |
| 热电离质谱测定法 | rè diàn lí zhì pǔ cè dìng fǎ | thermal ionization mass spectrometry / surface ionization mass spectrometry | |
| 地面径流 | surface water run-off / surface run-off | | |
| 地表流 | surface water run-off / surface run-off | | |
| 地面泛流 | surface water run-off / surface run-off | | |
| 地表水状况 | surface water status | | |
| 地表截留水量 | surface retention | | |
| 地面滞留 | surface retention | | |
| 测深面 | cè shēn miàn | bathymetric surface | |
| 南极表层水 | nán jí biǎo céng shuǐ | Antarctic Surface Water | |
