1 on top of

2 above-mentioned

3 also pr. [shàng mian]

1 below

2 under

3 next

4 the following

5 also pr. [xià mian]

1 nine

2 9

1 ahead

2 in front

3 preceding

4 above

5 also pr. [qián mian]

1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)

2 surface

3 exterior

4 external appearance

1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)

2 fig. a situation with two sides to it

1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)

2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation

3 in dire straits

1 better kept under the table (idiom)

2 not to be disclosed

3 too inferior to show in public

1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)

2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else