HSK 5 · Adjectives

全面 quánmiàn “comprehensive” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 全面 means

  1. comprehensive
  2. all-round
  3. overall
  4. all-around
  5. total

How to say 全面

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale全quán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale面miàn4th tone, falling

全面 in a sentence

  1. 我想去医院做一个全面的检查。

    Wǒ xiǎng qù yīyuàn zuò yí ge quánmiàn de jiǎnchá.

    I want to go to the hospital for a full check-up.

    Sentence #756862 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 全面 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 全 (quán) with each of its parts in a different colour
全quánall
  • 入enter · rù
  • 玉jade · yù
The character 面 (miàn) drawn as one shape
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.

How to write 全面

全 6 strokes · 面 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

全面 (quánmiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 全面 (quánmiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 全面

Words with 全

全quán · whole安全ānquán · safe全部quánbù · whole完全wánquán · complete健全jiànquán · sound齐全qíquán · complete全局quánjú · overall situation竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost全力以赴quánlìyǐfù · to go all out

Words with 面

前面qiánmiàn · front后面hòumiàn · back面条儿miàntiáor · noodles面miàn · noodles面条miàntiáo · noodles上面shàngmiàn · above下面xiàmiàn · below里面lǐmiàn · inside外面wàimiàn · outside面包miànbāo · bread

More words: Adjectives

亲切qīnqiè · amiable勤奋qínfèn · hardworking青qīng · green清淡qīngdàn · light (of food热烈rèliè · enthusiastic弱ruò · weak傻shǎ · foolish善良shànliáng · good and honest

FAQs

全面 (quánmiàn) means “comprehensive” or “all-round”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it quánmiàn: quán with a 2nd tone, then miàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 全面 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quanmian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 全面 from the suggestions. Typing quanmian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
全面 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.