看見

See also: 看见

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (看見)		看	見
simp. (看见)		看	见

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ gin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-kien / khon-kian
• Eastern Min (BUC): káng-giéng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-kìⁿ / khòaⁿ--kìⁿ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khoe-ci; ¹khoe-ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànjiàn → kànjian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ → ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄐㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànjiån
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-chien⁵
    • Yale: kàn-jyan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann.jiann
    • Palladius: каньцзянь (kanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /kʰän⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɛn¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ gin³
    • Yale: hon gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ kiːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-kien
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon gien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ gian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ ki̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-kian
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon gian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ gian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ ki̯an⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: káng-giéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋiɛŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-kìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-kìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarkvix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kĩ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kĩ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ--kìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn--kìnn
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khoe-ci; ¹khoe-ci
    • MiniDict: khoe^去 ci; khoe^平 ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khoe-ji; ¹khoe-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰø³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/, /kʰø⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

Verb

看⫽見 (verb-complement)

1. (transitive) to see; to sight

   在場所有人都看見了。 [MSC, trad.]
   在场所有人都看见了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zàichǎng suǒyǒurén dōu kànjiàn le. [Pinyin]

   Everyone present saw it.

   • 在我的後園，可以看見牆外有兩株樹，一株是棗樹，還有一株也是棗樹。 [MSC, trad.]
     在我的后园，可以看见墙外有两株树，一株是枣树，还有一株也是枣树。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924, Lu Xun, “Autumn Night”, in Wild Grass (English translation by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang)

     Zài wǒ de hòuyuán, kěyǐ kànjiàn qiáng wài yǒu liǎng zhū shù, yī zhū shì zǎoshù, háiyǒu yī zhū yě shì zǎoshù. [Pinyin]

     Behind the wall of my backyard you can see two trees: one is a date tree, the other is also a date tree.

Synonyms

• (dialectal) 瞅見／瞅见 (chǒujiàn)
• (Cantonese, Teochew) 睇見／睇见
• (Cantonese) 睇到

Derived terms

• 大目新娘無看見灶／大目新娘无看见灶