(kàn jiàn) - to see, to catch sight of, to notice in Mandarin
kànjiànTraditional: 看見
Translation
to see, to catch sight of, to notice
Word origin
看见 means to see or notice. 看 (kàn) is to look (hand over eye). 见 (jiàn) means to see, a pictograph of a person (儿) with an emphasised eye (目) above, simplified from 見.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 看 (kàn, to look) + 见 (jiàn, to perceive)
Stroke order
看
见
Examples
。
I saw him.
？
Did you see my phone?
。
I spotted a cat in the park.
。
I saw her crying.
。
It's too dark to see the road.
看见 (kàn jiàn) - to see, to catch sight of, to notice.
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(6)Grammar articles
(6)Mandarin Complements: 得 for Manner, Directional Endings, and How to Attach a Result to a Verb
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)
Mandarin Resultative Complements: Fusing a Result onto the Verb (看见, 吃完, 找到)
The Mandarin 是…的 (shì...de) Construction: Highlighting When, Where, and How Something Happened
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