# 見面
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiànmiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gin$^3$ min$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kien-mien / kian-mien
    (Hailu, HRS): gien$^ˇ$ mien$^ˇ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ging$^4$ ming$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kìⁿ-bīn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gin$^3$ ming$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ci-mi$_6$; $^5$ci $^6$mi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiànmiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiànmiàn
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^4$-mien$^4$
*** Yale: jyàn-myàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannmiann
*** Palladius: цзяньмянь (czjanʹmjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gin$^3$ min$^6$
*** Yale: gin mihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gin$^3$ min$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gin$^3$ min$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːn³³ miːn²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien-mien
*** Hakka Romanization System: gien mien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gian$^4$ mian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kian-mien
*** Hakka Romanization System: gian mien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gian$^4$ mian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯an⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gien$^ˇ$ mien$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kien¹¹ mien¹¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ging$^4$ ming$^4$ [Phonetic: ging$^1$ ming$^4$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gi̍ng-mi̍ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kiŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ miŋ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìⁿ-bīn
*** Tâi-lô: kìnn-bīn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kvie'bin
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gin$^3$ ming$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kìⁿ mīng
*** Sinological IPA : /kĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ miŋ¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ci-mi$_6$; $^5$ci $^6$mi
*** MiniDict: ci$^去$ mi$^去$; ci$^去$ mi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ji-mi$_3$; $^2$ji $^3$mi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ mi⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕi⁴⁴ mi²³/

### Verb

見⫽面 (verb-object)
* to meet; to see
    我們見個面吧。／我们见个面吧。 ― Wǒmen jiàn ge miàn ba. ― Let's meet up.
       Wǒ xiànzài jiù zài nǐ gàosu wǒ de jiànmiàn dìdiǎn. [Pinyin]
       I am here now where you told me to meet you.

#### Usage notes

* As demonstrated in the example sentence above, the word 見面／见面 (jiànmiàn) can also be split up into a verb 見／见 (jiàn) and an object 面 (miàn).

#### Synonyms

* 會晤 / 会晤 (huìwù) (literary)
* 會面 / 会面 (huìmiàn)
* 照面 (zhàomiàn)
* 碰面 (pèngmiàn)
* 聚 (jù) (informal, to meet up; to hang out)
* 面會 / 面会 (miànhuì) (formal)

#### Derived terms

* 見面禮 / 见面礼 (jiànmiànlǐ)

### Adverb

見面
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) at first; in the beginning; initially

#### Synonyms

* 一插手兒 / 一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 一開始 / 一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
* 上頭仔 / 上头仔 (Hokkien)
* 乍出猛兒 / 乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 先前 ($^1$shi-zhi$_6$) (Wu)
* 先起頭 / 先起头 (Wu)
* 先頭 / 先头 (Wu)
* 最初 (zuìchū)
* 初初 (co$^1$ co$^1$) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
* 初起 (chūqǐ) (Jinjiang Hokkien)
* 初逢 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
* 劈頭 / 劈头 (pītóu)
* 原 (yuán)
* 原來 / 原来 (yuánlái)
* 原先 (yuánxiān)
* 原初 (yuánchū)
* 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
* 原旦 (Hakka)
* 原本 (yuánběn)
* 原本榻裡 / 原本榻里 ($^6$gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
* 在本 (Hokkien)
* 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
* 寢頭 / 寝头 (Hokkien)
* 就跟兒 / 就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 早先 ($^5$tsau-shi) (Wu)
* 本來 / 本来 (běnlái)
* 本則來 / 本则来 ($^5$pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
* 本底 (Hokkien)
* 本底子 ($^5$pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
* 本成 (Hokkien)
* 本然 (Hokkien)
* 本生 ($^5$pen-san) (Wu)
* 當初 / 当初 (dāngchū)
* 當初時 / 当初时 (Hokkien)
* 當原初 / 当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 自本 (Hokkien)
* 舊底 / 旧底 (Hokkien)
* 起先 (qǐxiān)
* 起初 (qǐchū)
* 起始 (qǐshǐ)
* 起手 (qǐshǒu)
* 起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
* 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
* 開先 / 开先 (kai$^1$ sienn$^1$) (Xiang)
* 開初 / 开初 (kāichū)
* 頭仔 / 头仔 (Hokkien)
* 頭起先 / 头起先 (Hokkien)
* 頭頭 / 头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)