Chinese symbol for “spineless”
面
miàn
Traditional: 麵
flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spineless is 面 (miàn), defined as: flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “spineless”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 面.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect; aspect |
| 里面 (裏面) | lǐ miàn | variant of 里面 (lǐ miàn) |
| 面积 (面積) | miàn jī | area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area |
| 全面 | quán miàn | all-around; comprehensive |
| 面对 (面對) | miàn duì | to face; to confront |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spineless”.
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.