HSK 6 · Adjectives

体面 tǐmiàn “respectable” in Chinese

Traditional 體面

What 体面 means

  1. respectable
  2. dignified
  3. dignity
  4. prestige
  5. face
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • honourable
  • creditable
  • (of sb’s appearance) presentable

How to say 体面

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale体tǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale面miàn4th tone, falling

体面 in a sentence

  1. 他找了一份体面的工作。

    Tā zhǎo le yí fèn tǐmiàn de gōngzuò.

    He found a respectable job.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 穿得体面一点儿去参加婚礼。

    Chuān de tǐmiàn yìdiǎnr qù cānjiā hūnlǐ.

    Dress up a bit for the wedding.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 体面 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 体 (tǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
体tǐbody
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 本root · běn

Memory aidA person 亻 and a root 本: the body.

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 体面

体 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.

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

Words related to 体面

Words with 体

身体shēntǐ · body体育tǐyù · physical training体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium体会tǐhuì · to know from experience体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)体现tǐxiàn · to embody体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself具体jùtǐ · specific集体jítǐ · collective (decision)媒体méitǐ · media

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

踏实tāshi · down-to-earth特定tèdìng · specific天生tiānshēng · innate挑剔tiāoti · fussy挺拔tǐngbá · tall and straight通俗tōngsú · popular通用tōngyòng · in common use妥当tuǒdang · appropriate

FAQs

体面 (tǐmiàn) means “respectable” or “dignified”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tǐmiàn: tǐ with a 3rd 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, 体面 is written 體面. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type timian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 体面 from the suggestions. Typing timian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
体面 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.