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(jiàn miàn) - to meet (in person) in Mandarin

jiànmiàn

Traditional: 見面

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Translation

to meet (in person)

Word origin

见面 means 'to meet in person': 见 (jiàn, 'to see') plus 面 (miàn, 'face'), literally to see one another's faces. 面 was originally a pictograph of a face within an outline.

Origin
compound
Root
见 (jiàn, to see) + 面 (miàn, face)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 见

Stroke order for 面

Examples

When shall we meet?

Pleased to meet you.

We have not met for a long time.

Let's meet up next week.

He is not willing to meet me.

见面 (jiàn miàn) means to meet in person.

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This word is part of lesson 20.