(jiàn) - to see, to meet, to encounter in Mandarin

jiàn

Traditional: 見

HSK 2

#246 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to see, to meet, to encounter

Word origin

见 (jiàn, 'to see') is an ideograph: it shows 目 (an eye) over 儿 (a person's legs), a person whose seeing is emphasised. It is the simplified form of 見.

Origin: ideograph
Root: 见 (目 eye over 儿 person, simplified from 見)

Stroke order

见

Examples

。

Nice to meet you.

。

Let's meet up.

。

Long time no see.

。

I have not seen you for ages.

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I want to meet him.

见 (jiàn) means to see, to meet, to encounter. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 见.

再见zài jiàngoodbye, farewell 看见kàn jiànto see, to catch sight of, to notice 见到jiàn dàoto meet, to see, to encounter 听见tīng jiànhear, catch sound of 见面jiàn miànto meet (in person)不见bú jiànto disappear, to not see, to be missing 意见yì jiànopinion, view, objection 见鬼jiàn guǐdamn it, what the hell

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This word is part of lesson 5.