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遇见

yù jiàn · yu jian

Traditional 遇見

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to meet
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Guess who I ran into

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)猜(cāi)我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)在(zài)地铁(dìtiě)上(shàng)遇见(yùjiàn)谁(shéi)了(le)？

    Guess who I ran into on the subway today?

  2. Dengdeng

    谁(shéi)？

    Who?

  3. Liangliang

    小学(xiǎoxué)的(de)数学(shùxué)老师(lǎoshī)！我(wǒ)一眼(yīyǎn)就(jiù)认出来(rènchūlái)了(le)。

    Our primary school maths teacher! I knew him at a glance.

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)遇见(yùjiàn)他(tā)的(de)？说话(shuōhuà)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Where did you meet him? Did you talk?

  5. Liangliang

    没有(méiyǒu)，我(wǒ)怕(pà)他(tā)还(hái)问(wèn)我(wǒ)作业(zuòyè)做(zuò)了(le)没有(méiyǒu)！

    No. I was afraid he would ask if I had done my homework!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)前(qián)几(jǐ)天(tiān)遇(yù)见(jiàn)了(le)他(tā)。

I met him the other day.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by Swift · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)在(zài)图(tú)书(shū)馆(guǎn)遇(yù)见(jiàn)了(le)多(duō)年(nián)不(bú)见(jiàn)的(de)老(lǎo)同(tóng)学(xué)。

I ran into an old classmate I hadn't seen for years at the library.

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