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正面

zhèng miàn · zheng mian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. front
  2. obverse side
  3. right side
  4. positive
  5. direct
  6. open
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In a conversation

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Heads or tails

  1. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)抛(pāo)硬币(yìngbì)吧(ba)，正面(zhèngmiàn)你(nǐ)去(qù)买(mǎi)水(shuǐ)，反面(fǎnmiàn)我(wǒ)去(qù)。

    Let us toss a coin. Heads, you buy the water. Tails, I go.

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)选(xuǎn)正面(zhèngmiàn)。

    OK, I choose heads.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，硬币(yìngbì)站(zhàn)起来(qǐlai)了(le)！

    Look, the coin is standing up!

  4. Liangliang

    它(tā)不是(bùshì)正面(zhèngmiàn)，也(yě)不是(bùshì)反面(fǎnmiàn)。

    It is neither heads nor tails.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)都(dōu)不(bù)用(yòng)去(qù)了(le)，水(shuǐ)我(wǒ)这里(zhèlǐ)有(yǒu)。

    Then neither of us needs to go. I have water here.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

正(zhèng)面(miàn)思(sī)考(kǎo)是(shì)种(zhǒng)生(shēng)活(huó)方(fāng)式(shì)。

Positive thinking is a way of living.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cienias · English by FishlandicFishy · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)把(bǎ)书(shū)拿(ná)反(fǎn)了(le)，这(zhè)是(shì)反(fǎn)面(miàn)，这(zhè)才(cái)是(shì)正(zhèng)面(miàn)。

You're holding the book upside-down. This is upside-down and this is right-side up.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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