Come across in Chinese
to come across · HSK 3
遇见
- 遇 to meet
- 见 to see
没想到在这里遇见你！ I didn't expect to meet you here!
More words with 遇 or 见
How do you say come across in Chinese?
Come across in Chinese is 遇见 (yù jiàn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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