HSK 6 · Function Words

当面 dāngmiàn “face to face” in Chinese

Traditional 當面

What 当面 means

  1. face to face
  2. in person
  3. to sb’s face
  4. in sb’s presence

How to say 当面

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale当dāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale面miàn4th tone, falling

当面 in a sentence

  1. 有什么问题我们当面说吧。

    Yǒu shénme wèntí wǒmen dāngmiàn shuō ba.

    If there’s a problem, let’s talk about it face to face.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我想当面谢谢你。

    Wǒ xiǎng dāngmiàn xièxie nǐ.

    I’d like to thank you in person.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 当面 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 当 (dāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
当dāngdong
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 彐snout · jì
The character 面 (miàn) drawn as one shape
面miànface

面 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a face inside its outline.

How to write 当面

当 6 strokes · 面 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

当面 (dāngmiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 当面 (dāngmiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 当面

Words with 当

当然dāngrán · of course当dāng · to act as当时dāngshí · then当地dāngdì · local当心dāngxīn · to be careful上当shàngdàng · to be fooled相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to当场dāngchǎng · on the spot当初dāngchū · originally当代dāngdài · contemporary

Words with 面

前面qiánmiàn · front后面hòumiàn · back面条儿miàntiáor · noodles面miàn · noodles面条miàntiáo · noodles上面shàngmiàn · above下面xiàmiàn · below里面lǐmiàn · inside外面wàimiàn · outside面包miànbāo · bread

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不止bùzhǐ · more than成心chéngxīn · on purpose除chú · except大不了dàbuliǎo · at worst大肆dàsì · wantonly大体dàtǐ · on the whole大致dàzhì · roughly栋dòng · measure word for buildings

FAQs

当面 (dāngmiàn) means “face to face” or “in person”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dāngmiàn: dāng with a 1st tone, then miàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 当面 is written 當面. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dangmian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 当面 from the suggestions. Typing dangmian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
当面 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.