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迎面 meaning in English

yíngmiàn

directly; head-on (collision); (of wind) in one's face

16 strokes

Meaning of 迎面

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yíngmiàn
  1. directly; head-on (collision)
  2. (of wind) in one's face

迎面 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā没méi有yǒu看kàn见jiàn十shí字zì路lù口kǒu的de停tíng止zhǐ标biāo志zhì，和hé一yī辆liàng迎yíng面miàn而ér来lái的de汽qì车chē撞zhuàng个gè正zhèng著zhù。
He failed to see the stop sign at the intersection and hit an oncoming car.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

迎 yíng · to welcome · 7 strokes

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面 miàn · face · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 迎面.

见面jiànmiànto meet; to see each other
面包miànbāobread
面条儿miàntiáorerhua variant of 麵條|面条[mian4 tiao2]
欢迎huānyíngto welcome; welcome
面前miànqiánin front of; facing
方面fāngmiànrespect; aspect
对面duìmiànopposite; across (the street etc); directly in front of one; up ahead
方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles
里面lǐmiàninside; interior
外面wàimiànoutside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface
上面shàngmiànon top of; above-mentioned
后面hòumiànthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back

Questions about 迎面

What does 迎面 mean?

迎面 (yíngmiàn) means "directly; head-on (collision); (of wind) in one's face".

How do you write 迎面?

迎面 is made of 2 characters: 迎 (7 strokes), 面 (9 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.