正面 meaning in English

zhèngmiàn

front; obverse side

HSK 7-9nounadjective14 strokes

Meaning of 正面

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhèngmiàn
  1. front
  2. obverse side
  3. right side
  4. positive
  5. direct
  6. open

正面 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

正zhèng面miàn思sī考kǎo是shì种zhǒng生shēng活huó方fāng式shì。
Positive thinking is a way of living.
你nǐ把bǎ书shū拿ná反fǎn了le,这zhè是shì反fǎn面miàn,这zhè才cái是shì正zhèng面miàn。
You're holding the book upside-down. This is upside-down and this is right-side up.
我wǒ害hài羞xiū得de不bù敢gǎn正zhèng面miàn看kàn她tā的de脸liǎn。
I was too shy to look her in the face.
日rì本běn正zhèng面miàn临lín著zhù严yán重zhòng的de经jīng济jì问wèn题tí。
Japan is confronted with severe economic problems.
他tā给gěi这zhè本běn书shū正zhèng面miàn的de评píng价jià。
His comments about the book were favorable.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

正 zhèng · straight · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

面 miàn · face · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 正面.

正在zhèngzàito be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
见面jiànmiànto meet; to see each other
面包miànbāobread
面条儿miàntiáorerhua variant of 麵條|面条[mian4 tiao2]
真正zhēnzhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
正常zhèngchángnormal; regular
正确zhèngquècorrect; sound; right; proper
面前miànqiánin front of; facing
正是zhèngshìis precisely
方面fāngmiànrespect; aspect
正好zhènghǎojust (in time); just right
对面duìmiànopposite; across (the street etc); directly in front of one; up ahead

Questions about 正面

What does 正面 mean?

正面 (zhèngmiàn) means "front; obverse side" and is used as a noun and adjective.

How do you write 正面?

正面 is made of 2 characters: 正 (5 strokes), 面 (9 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 正面 an HSK word?

Yes. 正面 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.