How much green space is there in this housing estate?
Sentence #420368 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 面积 is built
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面miànface
面 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a face inside its outline.
积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up
禾grain · héMeaning part
只only · zhǐSound part
禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 只 (zhǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jī.
How to write 面积
面 9 strokes · 积 10 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 面积 (miànjī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
面积 (miànjī) means “area (of a floor or piece of land)” or “area (of a floor, piece of land etc)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it miànjī: miàn with a 4th tone, then jī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 面积 is written 面積. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mianji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 面积 from the suggestions. Typing mianji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
面积 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
面miàn4th tone, falling
积jī1st tone, high and level
