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Chinese symbol for “paving”

铺面
pū miàn
Traditional: 鋪面
paving; pavement

The closest CC-CEDICT match for paving is 铺面 (pū miàn), defined as: paving; pavement.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

铺 pū
shop, store; bed, mattress
radical 167 ⾦ · 12 strokes
面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “paving”

WordPinyinMeaning
砌路qì lùpaving

Related words

Other words that share a character with 铺面.

WordPinyinMeaning
店铺 (店鋪)diàn pùstore; shop
铺设 (鋪設)pū shèto lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable)
商铺 (商鋪)shāng pùshop; store
铺路 (鋪路)pū lùto pave (with paving stones); to lay a road
铺垫 (鋪墊)pū diànto spread out bedding; bedcover
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)pū tiān gài dì(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); (fig.) arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
里面 (裏面)lǐ miànvariant of 里面 (lǐ miàn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “paving”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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