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对面

duì miàn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 對面

对面 (duì miàn) means "(sitting) opposite". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 对面 means

1. opposite; across (the street etc)
2. directly in front of one; up ahead
3. face to face

The characters in 对面

• 对duìright; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 他们住在路对面。
  They live on the other side of the road.
• 城堡在河的对面。
  The castle is across the river.
• 花园在房子对面。
  The garden is in front of the house.
• 他们住在河对面。
  They live across the river.
• 她就住在我们对面。
  Tā jiù zhù zài wǒmen duìmiàn.
  She lives just across from us.
• 桥对面有一间小屋。
  Qiáo duìmiàn yǒu yī jiān xiǎowū.
  There is a cottage beyond the bridge.

Words containing 对面

• 面对面miàn duì miànface to face
• 当面锣，对面鼓dāng miàn luó , duì miàn gǔlit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom); fig. to come together to thrash out…

Where 对面 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Geography & places (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read duì miàn correctly.
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