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 渠道 qú dào irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means 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 海面 hǎi miàn the surface of the sea / ocean surface 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) 沟渠 溝渠 gōu qú channel / moat / irrigation canal syn 潜藏 潛藏 qián cáng hidden beneath the surface / buried and concealed syn 水利 shuǐ lì water conservancy / irrigation works 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 浸水 jìn shuǐ to immerse in water / to drench / to inundate / irrigation water 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 洋面 yáng miàn ocean surface 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 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 喷灌 噴灌 sprinkler irrigation 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 引水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation) syn 江面 jiāng miàn the surface of the river 灌区 灌區 guàn qū area under irrigation 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) 李冰 lǐ bīng Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰[Du1 jiang1 yan4] irrigation system in Sichuan 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 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 坎儿井 坎兒井 kǎn r jǐng karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East) 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 引河 yǐn hé irrigation channel 浮面 fú miàn surface (of a liquid) / superficial syn 春灌 chūn guàn spring irrigation 戽 hù water bucket for irrigation syn 体表 體表 tǐ biǎo surface of the body / periphery of the body / body thermometer / (literary) a person's appearance 反射面 fǎn shè miàn reflecting surface 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 灌渠 guàn qú irrigation channel 出水芙蓉 chū shuǐ fú róng as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom) / surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy) 趋势面分析 趨勢面分析 trend surface analysis / trend surface method / surface analysis / trend analysis 趋势面法 趨勢面法 qū shì miàn fǎ trend surface analysis / trend surface method / surface analysis / trend analysis 面分析 trend surface analysis / trend surface method / surface analysis / trend analysis 趋势分析 趨勢分析 trend surface analysis / trend surface method / surface analysis / trend analysis 月球表面 yuè qiú biǎo miàn lunar surface / surface of the moon 地表径流 地表徑流 dì biǎo jìng liú surface water run-off / surface run-off 地对地导弹 地對地導彈 dì duì dì dǎo dàn surface-to-surface missile 地面径流 surface water run-off / surface run-off 地表流 surface water run-off / surface run-off 地面泛流 surface water run-off / surface run-off 最大曲率面 surface of maximum curvature / maximum curvature surface 地形面 topographical surface / topographic surface 数字测深模型 數字測深模型 digital bathymetric model / bathymetric model / seabed surface model / seafloor surface model / seafloor model 海床底面模型 digital bathymetric model / bathymetric model / seabed surface model / seafloor surface model / seafloor model 海底底面模型 digital bathymetric model / bathymetric model / seabed surface model / seafloor surface model / seafloor model 等位面 děng wèi miàn equipotential surface / geopotential surface 表面分析仪 表面分析儀 surface analysis system / surface analyser 舰对舰导弹 艦對艦導彈 surface-to-surface missile 甽 quǎn drain between fields, irrigation 引水工程 yǐn shuǐ gōng chéng water-induction engineering / irrigation engineering 修水利 xiū shuǐ lì water conservancy / irrigation works 戽水 hù shuǐ to draw water for irrigation (manually or with a water wheel) 