面积 meaning in English
area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area
Meaning of 面积
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- area (of a floor, piece of land etc)
- surface area
- tract of land
How to use 面积
面积 is the standard word for the area of a room, an apartment, land, or a country, and it often appears with 平方米 (píngfāngmǐ, square meters). Example: 这个房间的面积是二十平方米。(Zhège fángjiān de miànjī shì èrshí píngfāngmǐ.) This room's area is twenty square meters.
面 (miàn) means face or surface, and 积 (jī) means to pile up or accumulate. Picture adding up every little piece of a surface until you know how much there is in total: that is its area.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 积 with 只 or 织 in mind, or mix it up with 级 (jí, level), which sounds similar. Also keep 积 in the first tone, jī, not jí.
面积 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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面 miàn · face · 9 strokes
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积 jī · to amass · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 面积.
| 见面 | jiànmiàn | to meet; to see each other |
| 面包 | miànbāo | bread |
| 面条儿 | miàntiáor | erhua variant of 麵條|面条[mian4 tiao2] |
| 面前 | miànqián | in front of; facing |
| 方面 | fāngmiàn | respect; aspect |
| 对面 | duìmiàn | opposite; across (the street etc); directly in front of one; up ahead |
| 方便面 | fāngbiànmiàn | instant noodles |
| 里面 | lǐmiàn | inside; interior |
| 外面 | wàimiàn | outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface |
| 上面 | shàngmiàn | on top of; above-mentioned |
| 后面 | hòumiàn | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back |
| 下面 | xiàmiàn | below; under |
Questions about 面积
What does 面积 mean?
面积 (miànjī) means "area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 面积?
面积 is made of 2 characters: 面 (9 strokes), 积 (10 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 面积 an HSK word?
Yes. 面积 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 面积 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 面积 is written 面積.
How do I ask how big a place is using 面积?
Ask 面积多大? (miànjī duō dà?) or 面积是多少? (miànjī shì duōshao?). Both mean roughly "How big is the area?" and work for rooms, homes, or land.
Is 面积 the same as 地区 for "area"?
No. 面积 is a measured size, like 100 square meters. 地区 (dìqū) means a region or district, a place rather than a number.