Zhéxué bú shì shūmiàn shàng de xuéwèn, ér shì yì zhǒng shēnghuó de fāngshì.
Philosophy isn’t book learning; it’s a way of life.
Sentence #3130826 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 书面 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.
书shūbook
书 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 書: a hand holding a brush 聿 over words: to write, a book.
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 书面
书 4 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.
Stroke order chart for 书面 (shūmiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
书面 (shūmiàn) means “written” or “in writing”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shūmiàn: shū with a 1st 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 书面 is written 書面. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shumian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 书面 from the suggestions. Typing shumian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
书面 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
书shū1st tone, high and level
面miàn4th tone, falling
