HSK 6 · Clothing

面貌 miànmào “appearance” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 面貌 means

  1. appearance
  2. features
  3. look
  4. face

How to say 面貌

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale面miàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale貌mào4th tone, falling

面貌 in a sentence

  1. 这几年，我们小城的面貌发生了很大变化。

    Zhè jǐ nián, wǒmen xiǎochéng de miànmào fāshēng le hěn dà biànhuà.

    In recent years our small town has changed a lot in appearance.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这本书反映了当时人们的精神面貌。

    Zhè běn shū fǎnyìng le dāngshí rénmen de jīngshén miànmào.

    This book reflects people’s outlook at the time.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 面貌 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 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.

The character 貌 (mào) with each of its parts in a different colour
貌màoappearance; looks; outward form
  • 豸badger · zhì
  • 皃countenance · mào

How to write 面貌

面 9 strokes · 貌 14 strokes

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

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

Words related to 面貌

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

Words with 貌

礼貌lǐmào · courtesy容貌róngmào · looks

More words: Clothing & Appearance

风度fēngdù · manner丰满fēngmǎn · plump化妆huàzhuāng · to put on make-up款式kuǎnshì · style模样múyàng · appearance纽扣儿niǔkòur · button旗袍qípáo · qipao容貌róngmào · looks

FAQs

面貌 (miànmào) means “appearance” or “features”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it miànmào: miàn with a 4th tone, then mào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 面貌 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mianmao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 面貌 from the suggestions. Typing mianmao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
面貌 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.