The word 见面 (jiànmiàn) is formed by combining the character 见, meaning "to see", with 面, meaning "face". It is a conceptual compound where the literal action of "seeing a face" is used metaphorically to represent the broader, more abstract social event of "meeting someone". This formation follows a common pattern in Chinese where a verb-object phrase (see + face) is lexicalized into a single word representing the entire activity.