粵

面min6對deoi3面min6

simp面对面
min6 deoi3 min6miàn duì miàn

English

  1. face to face
  2. (of two persons or two groups of people) facing each other
  3. (of a conversation or confrontation) face-to-face; taking place in the real world instead of through virtual media like telephone or the internet

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 兩個人或者兩班人望住對方
  2. 當面;形容會面喺現實世界發生,而唔係透過電話、互聯網等等嘅虛擬媒介進行

Examples

  • 唔該面對面咁企吖!

    Please stand face to face.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 呢個亦都係我嘅情況,但係面對面講嘢嗰陣,我成日都會省略主語同粒子。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 當我覺得對方可能好難掌握我講嘅嘢嘅心情,例如「面對面」,我就會用描述性嘅表達方式。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我們面對面地坐下。

    We sat down face to face.

    Tatoeba · treskro3 CC BY

  • 汤姆想和玛丽面对面交谈。

    Tom wanted to talk to Mary face to face.

    Tatoeba · bigfatpanda CC BY

  • 和一只恐龙面对面是一段有趣的经历。

    Coming face to face with a dinosaur was a funny experience.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 你哋不如約出嚟,面對面講清楚啦。

    You guys should meet up sometime and talk about it face to face.

  • 好多人食飯唔鍾意搭枱,就係因為唔想同陌生人面對面,你眼望我眼噉。

    The reason people don't like to share tables at restaurants is that they don't want to sit face to face with strangers, which may sometimes involve awkward eye contact. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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