当 dāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- ⺌ — small
- Made of
- ⺌ small 彐 snout
当面
dāngmiàn
face to face, in person
Characters in this word
面 miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 — face
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这么敏感的问题，最好还是当面解释，免得在邮件里产生误会。 Zhème mǐngǎn de wèntí, zuìhǎo háishi dāngmiàn jiěshì, miǎnde zài yóujiàn lǐ chǎnshēng wùhuì. For such a sensitive issue, it is best to explain it face to face, to avoid misunderstandings in email.
- 有什么意见，你可以当面跟他说。 Yǒu shénme yìjiàn, nǐ kěyǐ dāngmiàn gēn tā shuō. If you have any comments, you can tell him to his face.
- 我想当面谢谢你昨天的帮助。 Wǒ xiǎng dāngmiàn xièxie nǐ zuótiān de bāngzhù. I want to thank you in person for yesterday's help.
Related words
- 当 dāng to work as; to be
- 当时 dāngshí at that time
- 当初 dāngchū at first; back then
- 当地 dāngdì local
- 当然 dāngrán of course
- 当中 dāngzhōng among; in the middle of
- 相当 xiāngdāng quite; fairly
- 应当 yīngdāng should; ought to
- 不敢当 bùgǎndāng I do not deserve it (modest reply)
- 当场 dāngchǎng on the spot; immediately
- 当代 dāngdài modern; contemporary
- 当年 dāngnián back then