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迎面 yíngmiàn

迎面 yíngmiàn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 迎面 yíngmiàn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yíngmiàn | ying2 mian4
English translation
directly
head-on (collision)
in one's face (of wind)

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Traditional form

迎面 yíngmiàn

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 迎面 yíngmiàn

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yíng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and áng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

áng

Semantic compound

chuò

Positional decomposition

辶卬

Number of Strokes

7
miàn

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of the outline of a face, with an eye () in the middle. In simplified Chinese miàn is also used to mean "noodles", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character miàn .

Positional decomposition

⿱??

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 迎面 yíngmiàn

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一阵 yī zhèn 凉风迎面 yíngmiàn lái , chuī luàn le de 头发 tóufa .

A cool breeze brushed his face, ruffling his hair.

他朝迎面 yíngmiàn kāi 过来 guò lái de 车子 chē zi fàng le 两枪

He loosed off two shots at the oncoming car.

他们 tā men de 轿车 jiào chē 一辆铰接式货车 huò chē 迎面 yíngmiàn 相撞 xiāng zhuàng le

Their car was in a head-on smash with an articulated lorry.

那辆小轿车 xiǎo jiào chē 货车 huò chē zài 浓雾 nóng wù Zhōng 迎面 yíngmiàn 相撞 xiāng zhuàng

The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog.

越线超车 chāo chē shí 轿车 jiào chē 一辆厢式货车 huò chē 迎面 yíngmiàn 相撞 xiāng zhuàng

Pulling out to overtake, the car collided head-on with a van.

迎面 yíngmiàn Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 迎面 yíngmiàn and their own compounds.

迎面 yíngmiàn Compounds

See all 20 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 迎面 yíngmiàn in their composition.

  • yíng
    • miàn
      • miǎn , miǎn , , miǎn , miàn , miǎn , miǎn , miǎn , miàn , mián , , , , miǎn , , , miǎn , , , miàn
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