正 zhēng first month of the lunar year syn 表面 biǎo miàn surface / face / outside / appearance syn 地面 dì miàn floor / ground / surface syn 望 朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4] syn 上头 上頭 shàng tou above / on top of / on the surface of syn 水面 shuǐ miàn water surface 外部 wài bù the outside / (attributive) external / exterior / surface syn 外边 外邊 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home syn 五月 wǔ yuè May / fifth month (of the lunar year) syn 六月 liù yuè June / sixth month (of the lunar year) 四月 sì yuè April / fourth month (of the lunar year) syn 九月 jiǔ yuè September / ninth month (of the lunar year) syn 一月 yī yuè January / first month (of the lunar year) syn 平面 píng miàn plane (flat surface) / print media syn 十月 shí yuè October / tenth month (of the lunar year) syn 面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 三月 sān yuè March / third month (of the lunar year) syn 八月 bā yuè August / eighth month (of the lunar year) syn 二月 èr yuè February / second month (of the lunar year) syn 七月 qī yuè July / seventh month (of the lunar year) 骨子里 骨子裡 gǔ zi lǐ beneath the surface / fundamentally / at the deepest level syn 海面 hǎi miàn the surface of the sea / ocean surface 十一月 shí yī yuè November / eleventh month (of the lunar year) syn 地表 dì biǎo the surface (of the earth) 除夕 chú xī lunar New Year's Eve syn 路面 lù miàn road surface 修整 xiū zhěng to spruce up / to renovate / to tend (a garden) / to groom (one's hair) / to finish (a rough surface) / to trim (a lawn) / to touch up (a photo) syn 画布 畫布 huà bù canvas (artist's painting surface) 十二月 shí èr yuè December / twelfth month (of the lunar year) syn 隐患 隱患 yǐn huàn a danger concealed within sth / hidden damage / misfortune not visible from the surface 表层 表層 biǎo céng surface layer syn 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 界面 jiè miàn contact surface / (computing) interface 路况 路況 lù kuàng road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) 潜藏 潛藏 qián cáng hidden beneath the surface / buried and concealed syn 月食 yuè shí lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 开春 開春 kāi chūn beginning of spring / the lunar New Year syn 吸附 xī fù to adhere to a surface / to absorb / to draw in / (fig.) to attract / (chemistry) adsorption syn 正月 zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year syn 凹凸 āo tū concave or convex / bumps and holes / uneven (surface) / rugged syn 阴历 陰曆 yīn lì lunar calendar syn 河面 hé miàn surface of a river 泛起 fàn qǐ to appear / to emerge / to surface 不痛不痒 不痛不癢 bù tòng bù yǎng lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom) / sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory syn 新春 xīn chūn the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 洋面 yáng miàn ocean surface 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 闰年 閏年 rùn nián leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month 嫦娥 cháng é Chang'e, the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology) / one of the Chang'e series of PRC lunar spacecraft syn 脚背 腳背 jiǎo bèi instep (upper surface of the foot) syn 豆腐皮 dòu fu pí tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) syn 水平面 shuǐ píng miàn horizontal plane / level surface / water level syn 灯节 燈節 dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) syn 农历 農曆 nóng lì the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar syn 中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month syn 小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn syn 地表水 dì biǎo shuǐ surface water syn 总面积 總面積 zǒng miàn jī total area / overall surface area 中秋节 中秋節 zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month syn 元月 yuán yuè first month (of either lunar or Western calendars) syn 端午节 端午節 duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) syn 腊月 臘月 là yuè twelfth lunar month syn 重阳节 重陽節 chóng yáng jié Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 肌理 jī lǐ texture (of skin, surface etc) 脚面 腳面 jiǎo miàn instep (upper surface of the foot) syn 表面张力 表面張力 biǎo miàn zhāng lì surface tension 外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance syn 墙面 牆面 qiáng miàn the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall) 空地 kōng dì air-to-surface (missile) syn 出水 chū shuǐ to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings syn 元宵节 元宵節 yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar syn 七夕 qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting 曲面 qū miàn curved surface / surface 重阳 重陽 chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 江面 jiāng miàn the surface of the river 初秋 chū qiū early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar 地漏 dì lòu drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month 大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve 底面 dǐ miàn bottom / bottom side / bottom surface 工作面 gōng zuò miàn (mining) face (as in coalface 採煤工作面|采煤工作面[cai3mei2 gong1zuo4mian4]) / (machining) working surface (of a workpiece) syn 液面 yè miàn surface (of a body of liquid) 端面 duān miàn end face / end surface of a cylindrical object syn 大月 dà yuè solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days 仲秋 仲鞦 zhòng qiū second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar syn 闰月 閏月 rùn yuè intercalary month in the lunar calendar / leap month 大建 dà jiàn lunar month of 30 days / same as 大盡|大尽[da4 jin4] 表面化 biǎo miàn huà to come to the surface / to become apparent 守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve 旧历 舊曆 jiù lì old calendar / the Chinese lunar calendar / same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4] syn 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 夏历 夏曆 xià lì the traditional Chinese lunar calendar syn 小建 xiǎo jiàn lunar month of 29 days / same as 小盡|小尽[xiao3 jin4] syn 裂片 liè piàn splinter / chip / tear (split in a surface) / lobe 划 劃 huá to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) syn 横 橫 héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent syn 霜 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream syn 朔 shuò beginning / first day of lunar month / north syn 