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jiàn

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jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
to see
to meet
to appear (to be sth)
to interview
to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàn | xian4
English translation
to appear
also written xiàn
> xiàn [xiàn]

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About jiàn

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

jiàn

Contains the radical

jiàn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Simplified form of  jiàn ; a man  ér with the eye  emphasized

Etymology of jiàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

冂儿

Explanation

Simplified form of jiàn . Pictograph of a person ( jié ) using their eye () to see ( jiàn ).

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Example sentences using jiàn

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上述 shàng shù 浆膜 jiāng mó 表面 biǎomiàn de 粘连 nián lián Fēi 少见 shǎo jiàn .

Adhesions involving the aforementioned serous surfaces are not uncommon.

zhēn gòu guài de , 昨天 zuótiān 遇见 yù jiàn le .

Curiously enough, I, too, met him yesterday.

tài le ,见到 jiàn dào 水壶 shuǐ hú jiù bào zhāo tōng 狂饮 kuáng yǐn .

He is so thirsty that he drinks heavily while holding a jug.

shuí 无法 wú fǎ 预见 yù jiàn dào 将来 jiānglái huì 发生 fāshēng 什么 shénme shì .

No one can foresee what will happen in the future.

zǒu lái cuàn xiǎng ràng 贝基看见 kànjiàn ,以此 yǐ cǐ lái 激怒 jī nù , shāng de xīn .

And he kept drifting about to find Becky and lacerate her with the performance.

Words with jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiàn to see jiàn
看见 kànjiàn to see看見
意见 yìjiàn idea意見
再见 zàijiàn goodbye再見
见到 jiàn dào to see見到
见面 jiànmiàn to meet見面
不见 bù jiàn not to see不見
听见 tīng jiàn to hear聽見
可见 kějiàn clear可見
遇见 yù jiàn to meet遇見
见鬼 jiàn guǐ curse it!見鬼
会见 huì jiàn to meet with (sb who is paying a visit)會見
常见 cháng jiàn common常見
见识 jiàn shi knowledge見識
见证 jiàn zhèng witness見證
罕见 hǎnjiàn rare罕見
想见 xiǎng jiàn to infer想見
少见 shǎo jiàn rare少見
梦见 mèng jiàn to see in a dream夢見
看不见 kàn bu jiàn unseen看不見
预见 yù jiàn to foresee預見
相见 xiāng jiàn to see each other相見
偏见 piānjiàn prejudice偏見
由此可见 yóu cǐ kě jiàn from this, it can be seen that...由此可見

jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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jiàn Decomposition

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jiàn Compounds

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