面纱 meaning in English

miànshā

veil

Traditional 面紗16 strokes

Meaning of 面纱

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

miànshā
  1. veil

面纱 in example sentences

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

今jīn天tiān我wǒ们men来lái揭jiē开kāi英yīng文wén虚xū拟nǐ式shì的de神shén秘mì面miàn纱shā。
Today, we are going to unravel the mystery of the English subjunctive.

Stroke order for each character

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

面 miàn · face · 9 strokes

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纱 shā · cotton yarn · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 面纱.

见面jiànmiànto meet; to see each other
面包miànbāobread
面条儿miàntiáorerhua variant of 麵條|面条[mian4 tiao2]
面前miànqiánin front of; facing
方面fāngmiànrespect; aspect
对面duìmiànopposite; across (the street etc); directly in front of one; up ahead
方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles
里面lǐmiàninside; interior
外面wàimiànoutside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface
上面shàngmiànon top of; above-mentioned
后面hòumiànthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
下面xiàmiànbelow; under

Questions about 面纱

What does 面纱 mean?

面纱 (miànshā) means "veil".

How do you write 面纱?

面纱 is made of 2 characters: 面 (9 strokes), 纱 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 面纱 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 面纱 is written 面紗.