We sat down face to face.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
面对面
face to face
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
face to face
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 面对面 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 面对面 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom wanted to talk to Mary face to face.
Coming face to face with a dinosaur was a funny experience.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 面对面.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 面对面.
Directly before
- 第一次面对面1
- 恐龙面对面1
- 我们面对面1
- 和玛丽面对面1
Directly after
- 面对面是1
- 面对面地1
- 面对面交谈1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 面对面
What does 面对面 mean in Chinese?
面对面 (miànduìmiàn) means face to face.
How do you pronounce 面对面?
面对面 is pronounced miànduìmiàn.
Is 面对面 an HSK word?
面对面 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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