表面 biǎo miàn surface / face / outside / appearance syn 地面 dì miàn floor / ground / surface syn 拖车 拖車 tuō chē to tow / towed vehicle / towing vehicle 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 音响 音響 yīn xiǎng sound / acoustics / audio / hi-fi system / stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3he2 yin1xiang3]) 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) 牵引 牽引 qiān yǐn to pull / to draw (a cart) / to tow 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 拖动 拖動 tuō dòng to drag / to tow / (computing) to drag (mouse operation) 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 洋面 yáng miàn ocean surface 拖船 tuō chuán tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat 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 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 小灵通 小靈通 xiǎo líng tōng Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart" 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 管理信息系统 管理信息系統 guǎn lǐ xìn xī xì tǒng management information system / MI system 曲面 qū miàn curved surface / surface 江面 jiāng miàn the surface of the river 学分制 學分制 xué fēn zhì credit system / grading system (in schools, universities etc) 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 拖链 拖鏈 tuō liàn cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain 组合音响 組合音響 zǔ hé yīn xiǎng hi-fi system / stereo sound system / abbr. to 音響|音响[yin1 xiang3] syn 表面化 biǎo miàn huà to come to the surface / to become apparent 官制 guān zhì the civil service system / the bureaucratic system 裂片 liè piàn splinter / chip / tear (split in a surface) / lobe 拖 tuō to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on syn 划 劃 huá to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) syn 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° 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 纤 縴 qiàn boatman's tow-rope 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 分封制 fēn fēng zhì the feudal system / system of enfeoffment 进 進 jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound syn 系统 系統 xì tǒng system / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 十 shí ten / 10 / numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1zhou1 ma3zi5] syn 反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 切 qiè definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) syn 体 體 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics) syn 装置 裝置 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device syn 保 bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 体系 體系 tǐ xì system / setup / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 盎司 àng sī ounce (British imperial system) (loanword) syn 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 智能 zhì néng intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc) 太阳系 太陽系 tài yáng xì solar system 价值观 價值觀 jià zhí guān system of values syn 体制 體制 tǐ zhì system / organization syn 肠胃 腸胃 cháng wèi stomach and intestine / digestive system syn 改良 gǎi liáng to improve (sth) / to reform (a system) syn 斯蒂文 sī dì wén Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe 神经系统 神經系統 shén jīng xì tǒng nervous system 轻轨 輕軌 qīng guǐ light rail / transit system (underground, at street level or elevated) / streetcar / metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通[qing1xing2 gui3dao4 jiao1tong1]) 普拉提 pǔ lā tí Pilates (physical fitness system) 操作系统 操作系統 cāo zuò xì tǒng operating system 人性化 rén xìng huà (of a system or product etc) adapted to human needs / people-oriented / user-friendly 