HSK 6 · Ideas

局面 júmiàn “situation” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 局面 means

  1. situation
  2. state of affairs
  3. aspect
  4. phase

How to say 局面

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale局jú2nd 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

局面 in a sentence

  1. 他觉得自己占了上风，但我反过来扭转了局面。

    Tā juéde zìjǐ zhàn le shàngfēng, dàn wǒ fǎnguòlái niǔzhuǎn le júmiàn.

    He thought he had the upper hand, but I turned the tables on him.

    Sentence #9969116 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 局面 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 局 (jú) with each of its parts in a different colour
局júnarrow
  • 尺part of the character
  • 口mouth · kǒu
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 局面

局 7 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.

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

Words related to 局面

Words with 局

邮局yóujú · post office布局bùjú · layout格局géjú · structure结局jiéjú · ending局部júbù · part局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)局限júxiàn · to limit全局quánjú · overall situation公安局gōng'ānjú · public security bureau

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: Ideas & Concepts

局部júbù · part举动jǔdòng · act觉悟juéwù · awareness觉醒juéxǐng · to awaken局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)举世瞩目jǔshìzhǔmù · to attract worldwide attention局限júxiàn · to limit考验kǎoyàn · to test

FAQs

局面 (júmiàn) means “situation” or “state of affairs”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it júmiàn: jú 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. 局面 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jumian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 局面 from the suggestions. Typing jumian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
局面 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.