As soon as I stepped out of the door, I ran into an old classmate.
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How 迎面 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.
迎yíngto welcome; to meet
卬lofty · ángSound part
辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part
辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 卬 (áng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yíng.
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 迎面
迎 7 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.
Stroke order chart for 迎面 (yíngmiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
迎面 (yíngmiàn) means “head-on” or “in one’s face”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yíngmiàn: yíng with a 2nd 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.
Yes. 迎面 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingmian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迎面 from the suggestions. Typing yingmian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迎面 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.
迎yíng2nd tone, rising
面miàn4th tone, falling
