格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 广场 廣場 guǎng chǎng public square / plaza 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 面对面 面對面 miàn duì miàn face to face syn 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 面谈 面談 miàn tán face-to-face meeting / an interview syn 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 正视 正視 zhèng shì to face squarely / to meet head on / to face up to syn 鬼脸 鬼臉 guǐ liǎn wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask 对阵 對陣 duì zhèn poised for battle / to square up for a fight syn 方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond ♦ (in card games) syn 原点 原點 yuán diǎn starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin 正方形 zhèng fāng xíng square 方形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped 平方根 píng fāng gēn square root 堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square syn 方格 fāng gé checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character 方阵 方陣 fāng zhèn square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix 平方米 píng fāng mǐ square meter 迎头 迎頭 yíng tóu to meet head-on / face-to-face / directly syn 方寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind syn 照面 zhào miàn to meet face-to-face syn 另起炉灶 另起爐灶 lìng qǐ lú zào lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom) / to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path syn 见方 見方 jiàn fāng (measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square") syn 狭路相逢 狹路相逢 xiá lù xiāng féng lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face syn 平方公里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer 红场 紅場 hóng chǎng Red Square (in Moscow) 方正 fāng zhèng clear and square / neat / square (person) syn 逢迎 féng yíng to fawn on / to ingratiate oneself / (literary) to meet face to face syn 平米 píng mǐ square meter / short for 平方米 方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn 笑逐颜开 笑逐顏開 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face syn 扑面 撲面 pū miàn lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils syn 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 喜子 xǐ zi Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider) / same as 蟢子 方括号 方括號 fāng kuò hào square brackets [ ] 面议 面議 miàn yì to bargain face-to-face / to negotiate directly syn 洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face / to wash your face 面授 miàn shòu to teach face to face / to instruct in person 零距离 零距離 líng jù lí zero distance / face-to-face 相向 xiāng xiàng facing one another / face-to-face syn 人民广场 人民廣場 rén mín guǎng chǎng People's Square, Shanghai 时代广场 時代廣場 shí dài guǎng chǎng Times Square 天安门广场 天安門廣場 tiān ān mén guǎng chǎng Tiananmen Square 结清 結淸 jié qīng to settle (an account) / to square up 娃娃脸 娃娃臉 wá wa liǎn baby face / doll face 白脸 白臉 bái liǎn white face / face painting in Beijing opera etc 对谈 對談 duì tán to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat 面巾 miàn jīn face flannel or towel / shroud (over the face of a corpse) 八仙桌 bā xiān zhuō old-fashioned square table to seat eight people syn 死要面子 sǐ yào miàn zi to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable 绷着脸 繃著臉 běng zhe liǎn to have a taut face / to pull a long face / to look displeased 人民英雄纪念碑 人民英雄紀念碑 rén mín yīng xióng jì niàn bēi Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square 直角尺 zhí jiǎo chǐ a set square (carpenter's tool) 圭 guī jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount / a smidgen / a speck syn 迎 yíng to welcome / to meet / to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties) / to meet face to face syn 循规蹈矩 循規蹈矩 xún guī dǎo jǔ to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom) / to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention syn 矩 jǔ carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve syn 对视 對視 duì shì to look face to face syn 坪 píng a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan) syn 榘 jǔ variant of 矩, carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve 轸 軫 zhěn square / strongly (as of emotion) syn 角尺 jiǎo chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 晤谈 晤談 wù tán to speak face to face / meeting / interview syn 面授机宜 面授機宜 miàn shòu jī yí (idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue / to advise face-to-face on how to deal with the present situation 三角板 sān jiǎo bǎn set square / triangle (for drawing right angles) syn 曲尺 qū chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 笥 sì square bamboo container for food or clothing 枋 fāng Santalum album / square wooden pillar 罾 zēng large square net syn 螓 qín small cicada with a square head 稜 léng corner / square beam 对 對 duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 向 xiàng variant of 向[xiang4] / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly syn 面对 面對 miàn duì to face / to confront syn 一面 yī miàn one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face syn 看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lái seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be syn 嘴巴 zuǐ ba mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / slap in the face (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn 面临 面臨 miàn lín to face sth / to be confronted with syn 表面 biǎo miàn surface / face / outside / appearance syn 丢脸 丟臉 diū liǎn to lose face / humiliation syn 转身 轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) syn 丢人 丟人 diū rén to lose face syn 面孔 miàn kǒng face syn 面部 miàn bù face (body part) syn 露面 lòu miàn to show one's face / to appear (in public) syn 当面 當面 dāng miàn to sb's face / in sb's presence syn 脸部 臉部 liǎn bù face syn 体面 體面 tǐ miàn dignity / prestige / face / honorable / creditable / (of sb's appearance) presentable / respectable syn 脸蛋 臉蛋 liǎn dàn cheek / face syn 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 耳光 ěr guāng a slap on the face / CL:記|记[ji4] 笑脸 笑臉 xiào liǎn smiling face / smiley :) ☺ / CL:副[fu4] syn 面向 面嚮 miàn xiàng to face / to turn towards / to incline to / geared towards / catering for / -oriented / facial feature / appearance / aspect / facet 浮现 浮現 fú xiàn (of a thought or image) to come to mind / (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face) / (of a problem etc) to emerge syn 脸庞 臉龐 liǎn páng face syn 