表面 biǎo miàn surface / face / outside / appearance syn 地面 dì miàn floor / ground / surface 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 平面 píng miàn plane (flat surface) / print media syn 面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 骨子里 骨子裡 gǔ zi lǐ beneath the surface / fundamentally / at the deepest level syn 地表 dì biǎo the surface (of the earth) 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) 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 吸附 xī fù to adhere to a surface / to absorb / to draw in / (fig.) to attract / (chemistry) adsorption syn 凹凸 āo tū concave or convex / bumps and holes / uneven (surface) / rugged 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 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 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 地表水 dì biǎo shuǐ surface water syn 总面积 總面積 zǒng miàn jī total area / overall surface area 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 曲面 qū miàn curved surface / surface 江面 jiāng miàn the surface of the river 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 表面化 biǎo miàn huà to come to the surface / to become apparent 裂片 liè piàn splinter / chip / tear (split in a surface) / lobe 坠海 墜海 zhuì hǎi to fall into the ocean / to crash into the ocean 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 凸面 tū miàn convex surface 表土 biǎo tǔ surface soil / topsoil 空对地 空對地 kōng duì dì air-to-surface (missile) 浮土 fú tǔ topsoil / surface dust syn 地面水 dì miàn shuǐ surface water 龙门刨 龍門刨 lóng mén bào double column surface grinding machine 浮面 fú miàn surface (of a liquid) / superficial syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 大海 dà hǎi sea / ocean syn 海洋 hǎi yáng ocean / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 太平洋 tài píng yáng Pacific Ocean 海底 hǎi dǐ seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 大西洋 dà xī yáng Atlantic Ocean 大洋 dà yáng ocean / (old) silver dollar / (slang) Chinese yuan syn 斐济 斐濟 fěi jì Fiji, country in the southwest Pacific Ocean 汹涌 洶湧 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent syn 西洋 xī yáng the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) 邮轮 郵輪 yóu lún ocean liner / cruise liner syn 浪花 làng huā spray / ocean spray / spindrift / fig. happenings from one's life / CL:朵[duo3] syn 浩瀚 hào hàn vast (of ocean) / boundless syn 洋流 yáng liú ocean current syn 远洋 遠洋 yuǎn yáng distant seas / the open ocean (far from the coast) syn 寒流 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream syn 印度洋 yìn dù yáng Indian Ocean 浪涛 浪濤 làng tāo ocean wave / billows syn 北冰洋 běi bīng yáng Arctic ocean 浩荡 浩蕩 hào dàng vast and mighty (of river or ocean) / broad and powerful syn 曾经沧海 曾經滄海 céng jīng cāng hǎi lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom) / fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life syn 中远 中遠 zhōng yuǎn China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) (abbr. for 中國遠洋運輸|中国远洋运输[Zhong1 guo2 Yuan3 yang2 Yun4 shu1]) 下西洋 xià xī yáng to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean) 西太平洋 xī tài píng yáng the western Pacific Ocean 沧海一粟 滄海一粟 cāng hǎi yī sù a drop in the ocean (idiom) syn 横断 橫斷 héng duàn to cross (a road, an ocean etc) / to cut across 欲海 yù hǎi ocean of lust (Buddhist term) / worldly desires 漂洋 piāo yáng to cross the ocean 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean syn 积少成多 積少成多 jī shǎo chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean syn 望洋兴叹 望洋興嘆 wàng yáng xīng tàn lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom) / fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task) syn 洋 yáng ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin syn 体表 體表 tǐ biǎo surface of the body / periphery of the body / body thermometer / (literary) a person's appearance 摩加迪沙 mó jiā dí shā Mogadishu, Indian ocean seaport and capital of Somalia 海床 hǎi chuáng seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 反射面 fǎn shè miàn reflecting surface 沧 滄 cāng (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold 凹凸不平 āo tū bù píng uneven (surface) / bumpy (road) syn 皮面 pí miàn outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) syn 霜花 shuāng huā frost forming a pattern on a surface / rime 水圈 shuǐ quān the earth's ocean / the hydrosphere (geology) 