見面

See also: 见面

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (見面)		見	面
simp. (见面)		见	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ min⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kien-mien / kian-mien
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kìⁿ-bīn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gin³ ming⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ci-mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-mien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannmiann
    • Palladius: цзяньмянь (czjanʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ min⁶
    • Yale: gin mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: gien mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ mian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kian-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: gian mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ mian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯an⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìⁿ-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: kìnn-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvie'bin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gin³ ming⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kìⁿ mīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ miŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ci-mi
    • MiniDict: ci^去 mi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji-mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ mi⁴⁴/

Verb

見⫽面 (verb-object)

1. 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。 [MSC, trad.]
   我现在就在你告诉我的见面地点。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài jiù zài nǐ gàosu wǒ de jiànmiàn dìdiǎn. [Pinyin]

   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)
• 碰面 (pèngmiàn)
• 聚 (jù) (informal, to meet up; to hang out)
• 面會／面会 (miànhuì) (formal)

 

Derived terms

• 見面禮／见面礼 (jiànmiànlǐ)