遇见

yù jiàn

HSK 3.0 Level 3 Verb Common

Definitions

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to come across

more informal, colloquial variant meaning 'run into, bump into'

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to meet; to see each other

meet up (intentionally); 遇见 implies a chance meeting

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to meet; to run into; to come across

both mean 'to meet' or 'to encounter'; 遇见 is slightly more formal or literary, 遇到 is more colloquial

遇见 usually describes unplanned or chance encounters, not arranged meetings.

Do not use 见面 and 遇见 interchangeably: 见面 implies a planned meeting (e.g., 我们见面吧 'let's meet'), while 遇见 refers to an accidental encounter.

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我在公园遇见了老朋友。

I met an old friend in the park.

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to see

to appear

to meet