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负面 (fù miàn) — negative; adverse

Definition

负面 focuses on the 'negative side / adverse' aspect of an effect, influence, or news — often paired with 影响, 效果, 情绪. It is a more neutral descriptor than 消极, which describes a passive, inactive attitude.

adjective
negativeadverse

Examples

  • 负面。
    Zhè zhǒng fù miàn qíng xù huì yǐng xiǎng nǐ de jiàn kāng.
    This kind of negative emotion can affect your health.
  • 负面。
    Wǒ men yīng dāng jiǎn shǎo fù miàn yǐng xiǎng.
    We should reduce negative impacts.
  • 。
    Fán shì dōu yǒu zhèng fù miàn liǎng miàn.
    Everything has both positive and negative sides.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

负fùnegative
面miànside

负 means negative and 面 means side, together naming the negative side.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 負; 负 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 負 combines 人 (person) and 貝 (cowry), with 人 written as ⺈; the simplified 负 is a later abbreviation.

Open 负 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

Open 面 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 6Abstract ConceptsGood & Bad

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