Kilo Lingo

(liǎn) - face in Mandarin

liǎn

Traditional: 臉

Line drawing of 脸
Coloured illustration of 脸
HSK 3
#773 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

face

Word origin

脸 means face. It is a phono-semantic compound with the 月/肉 'flesh' radical and the phonetic 佥 (qiān); simplified from 臉.

Origin
phono-semantic compound
Root
月/肉 (flesh radical) + 佥 (qiān, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 脸

Examples

She has a beautiful face.

hóng

His face is very red.

She washed her face.

hóng

Her face turned red.

hóng

Her face turned red.

脸 (liǎn) means face. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 16.