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Chinese
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to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
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face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
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trad. (見面)
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見
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面
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simp. (见面)
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见
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面
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Pronunciation
Verb
見⫽面 (verb-object)
- to meet; to see
- 我們見個面吧。/我们见个面吧。 ― Wǒmen jiàn ge miàn ba. ― Let's meet up.
我現在就在你告訴我的見面地點。
我现在就在你告诉我的见面地点。 - Wǒ xiànzài jiù zài nǐ gàosu wǒ de jiànmiàn dìdiǎn.
- I am here now where you told me to meet you.
Usage notes
- As demonstrated in the example sentence above, the word 見面/见面 (jiànmiàn) can also be split up into a verb 見/见 (jiàn) and an object 面 (miàn).
Synonyms
- 會晤 / 会晤 (huìwù) (literary)
- 會面 / 会面 (huìmiàn)
- 照面 (zhàomiàn)
- 碰面 (pèngmiàn)
- 聚 (jù) (informal, to meet up; to hang out)
- 面會 / 面会 (miànhuì) (formal)
Derived terms
Adverb
見面
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) at first; in the beginning; initially
Synonyms
- 一插手兒 / 一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 一開始 / 一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
- 上頭仔 / 上头仔 (Hokkien)
- 乍出猛兒 / 乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 先前 (1shi-zhi6) (Wu)
- 先起頭 / 先起头 (Wu)
- 先頭 / 先头 (Wu)
- 最初 (zuìchū)
- 初初 (co1 co1) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
- 初起 (chūqǐ) (Jinjiang Hokkien)
- 初逢 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
- 劈頭 / 劈头 (pītóu)
- 原 (yuán)
- 原來 / 原来 (yuánlái)
- 原先 (yuánxiān)
- 原初 (yuánchū)
- 原底 (Hokkien, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
- 原旦 (Hakka)
- 原本 (yuánběn)
- 原本榻裡 / 原本榻里 (6gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
- 在本 (Hokkien)
- 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
- 寢頭 / 寝头 (Hokkien)
- 就跟兒 / 就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 早先 (5tsau-shi) (Wu)
- 本來 / 本来 (běnlái)
- 本則來 / 本则来 (5pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
- 本底 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
- 本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
- 本成 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
- 本然 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
- 本生 (5pen-san) (Wu)
- 當初 / 当初 (dāngchū)
- 當初時 / 当初时 (Hokkien)
- 當原初 / 当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 自本 (Hokkien)
- 舊底 / 旧底 (Hokkien)
- 起先 (qǐxiān)
- 起初 (qǐchū)
- 起始 (qǐshǐ)
- 起手 (qǐshǒu)
- 起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
- 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
- 開先 / 开先 (kai1 sienn1) (Xiang)
- 開初 / 开初 (kāichū)
- 頭仔 / 头仔 (Hokkien)
- 頭起先 / 头起先 (Hokkien)
- 頭頭 / 头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)