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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 外面

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
外面 wài miàn - outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)
- surface
- exterior
- external appearance

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 3 585 2,121 1,235

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external
miàn- face
- side
- surface
- aspect
- top
- classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
miàn- variant of 麵|面[mian4]
miàn- flour
- noodles
- (of food) soft (not crunchy)
- (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
- spineless

Other Words Containing 外面

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
外面 - 3 585 2,121 1,235