HSK 3 · Body

脸 liǎn “face” in Chinese

Traditional 臉

What 脸 means

  1. face

Measure word 张 zhāng or 个 gè · 一张脸 yì zhāng liǎn

How to say 脸

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale脸liǎn3rd tone, dipping

脸 in a sentence

  1. 他叫我洗脸。

    Tā jiào wǒ xǐ liǎn.

    He told me to wash my face.

    Sentence #799250 from Tatoeba

  2. 她有张圆脸。

    Tā yǒu zhāng yuán liǎn.

    She has a round face.

    Sentence #336434 from Tatoeba

  3. 你脸红了。

    Nǐ liǎn hóng le.

    You’re blushing.

    Sentence #5911651 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 脸 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 脸 (liǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
脸liǎnface
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with liǎn.

How to write 脸

脸 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 脸

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FAQs

脸 (liǎn) means “face”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it liǎn: liǎn with a 3rd 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, 脸 is written 臉. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 张 (zhāng) or 个 (gè). For example, one face is 一张脸 (yì zhāng liǎn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 脸 from the suggestions. Typing lian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
脸 is an HSK 3 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.