面相

miànxiàng
noun #46,179

Meanings

  1. 1 facial features; looks
  2. 2 physiognomy; face reading

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhège rén miànxiàng hěn héshàn.
This person has a kind face.
HSK 7-9
Suànmìng de shuō tā miànxiàng hǎo, jiānglái huì fācái.
The fortune-teller said he had a lucky face and would get rich one day.

Tips

culture
Traditional 面相, like 手相 'palm reading', claims to read a person's fate in their features. 相 here is xiàng 'appearance', as in 长相 'looks', not xiāng 'each other'.

Stroke Order

面 miàn
相 xiāng