见 (見) jiàn

  1. jiàn verb to see
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 看到 (CCD 1 '见' jiàn 1; FE '見' jiàn 1; Kroll 2015 '見' 1, p. 199; Mathews 1931 '見', p. 119; Unihan '見'; XHZD '见' jiàn 1)
  2. jiàn noun opinion; view; understanding
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 看法 (CCD 1 '见' jiàn 6; Kroll 2015 '見' 2, p. 199; XHZD '见' jiàn 5)
  3. jiàn verb indicates seeing, hearing, meeting, etc
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Used after another verb, such as 看,听,etc (XHZD '见' jiàn 7)
  4. jiàn verb refer to; for details see
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Indicates a reference, such as to a particular page, etc (CCD 1 '见' jiàn 4; FE '見' jiàn 4; XHZD '见' jiàn 3)
  5. jiàn particle passive marker
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD 2 '见' jiàn 1; FE '見' jiàn 5; Kroll 2015 '見' 3, p. 199; Mathews 1931 '見', p. 119; XHZD '见' jiàn 6)
  6. jiàn verb to listen to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '見' 2b, p. 199)
  7. jiàn verb to meet
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 会见 (CCD 1 '见' jiàn 2; FE '見' jiàn 2; Kroll 2015 '見' 2c, p. 199; Mathews 1931 '見', p. 119; XHZD '见' jiàn 4)
  8. jiàn verb to receive (a guest)
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '見' jiàn 3; Kroll 2015 '見' xiàn 2, p. 199)
  9. jiàn verb let me; kindly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A polite form used before a verb (CCD 2 '见' jiàn 2; Kroll 2015 '見' 4, p. 199)
  10. jiàn proper noun Jian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD 1 '见' jiàn 7; XHZD '见' jiàn 8)
  11. xiàn verb to appear
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 现 (CCD '见' xiàn; FE '見' xiàn 1; Kroll 2015 '見' xiàn 1, p. 199; Mathews 1931 '見', p. 119; XHZD '见' xiàn)
  12. xiàn verb to introduce
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '見' xiàn 2)

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