zhào
miàn
r

common
colloquial

Meaning of 照面儿

照面儿 means face-to-face encounter; brief meeting; running into someone; to show up; to make an appearance; to meet; to see each other. Pronounced zhào miàn r.

  • face-to-face encounter; brief meeting; running into someone
  • to show up; to make an appearance; to meet; to see each other

Definitions & Examples

men
zài
zǒu
láng
le
ge
zhào
miàn
r
 
dàn
méi
shuō
huà
 

We ran into each other in the corridor but didn't speak.

Zhǐ
shì
le
ge
zhào
miàn
r
 
hái
méi
lái
de
zhāo
hu
 

It was just a brief encounter; there wasn't time to greet each other.

liǎ
měi
tiān
zhào
miàn
r
 
dōu
hěn
shú
xi
 

They run into each other every day and are quite familiar with one another.