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

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)

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)

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