miàn

flour

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
麥 meaning component

  Meaning component

mài

  

wheat

面 sound component

  Sound component

miàn

  

face

Definitions

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miàn

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

Most common words with 麵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

方面

respect

里面

inside

face

外面

outside

上面

on top of