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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 真面目

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
真面目 zhēn miàn mù - true identity
- true colors

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
- - 9,271 23,088 16,391

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhēn- really
- truly
- indeed
- real
- true
- genuine
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
- eye
- (literary) to look; to regard
- eye (of a net); mesh
- mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4])
- item; section
- list; catalogue
- (taxonomy) order
- name; title

Other Words Containing 真面目

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
真面目 - - 9,271 23,088 16,391