面带

面帶

miàndài

verb

Meanings

1 to wear (a look) on one's face
2 to have a look of

Characters

to wear; to bear

Examples

HSK 6

她面带笑容走进了教室。

Tā miàndài xiàoróng zǒujìn le jiàoshì.

She walked into the classroom with a smile on her face.

HSK 7-9

医生面带愁容地走出了手术室。

Yīshēng miàndài chóuróng de zǒuchū le shǒushùshì.

The doctor walked out of the operating room looking worried.

Tips

grammar

面带 takes a word for an expression as its object: 面带微笑 'with a smile', 面带愁容 'looking worried', 面带怒色 'looking angry'. The phrase usually says how someone does something, with or without 地 before the verb.

register

Written style. In speech people say 脸上带着笑 'with a smile on the face'.

Stroke Order

面 miàn

带 dài