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)

Contained in

• 管见(管見) a limited view; a limited understanding; my opinion (humble)
• 见成(見成) already availablable; existing
• 开心见胆(開心見膽) to understand clearly
• 见识浅(見識淺) short-sighted
• 会见(會見) to meet with
• 再见全垒打(再見全壘打) walk-off home run
• 定见(定見) a fixed view
• 见难而上(見難而上) to take the bull by the horns
• 看不见(看不見) cannot see
• 再见(再見) goodbye ; to see again
• 有主见(有主見) opinionated; having one's own strong views
• 求见(求見) to seek to see
• 见面礼(見面禮) gift given when meeting for the first time
• 灼见(灼見) to see clearly; deep insight; profound view
• 歧见(歧見) disagreement; differing interpretations
• 小见(小見) a shallow opinion ; a small audience
• 识微见几(識微見幾) see a tiny bit and understand everything
• 意见(意見) idea; opinion ; suggestion; objection; complaint
• 观见(觀見) to observe; to see
• 见人(見人) to meet somebody ; a witness
• 一见(一見) as soon as seen
• 洞见(洞見) insight; to see clearly
• 目见(目見) to see oneself
• 愚见(愚見) my humble opinion
• 见信(見信) to believe; to have faith
• 路遥知马力，日久见人心(路遙知馬力，日久見人心) just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart
• 瞥见(瞥見) to glimpse
• 见义勇为(見義勇為) to see what is right and act courageously; to stand up bravely for the truth; acting heroically in a just cause
• 见利忘义(見利忘義) to see profit and forget morality; to act from mercenary considerations
• 前不见古人，后不见来者(前不見古人，後不見來者) unique; unprecedented
• 鬼见愁(鬼見愁) varnish tree; goldenrain tree
• 传见(傳見) to summon for an interview
• 足见(足見) it goes to show that; one can see
• 各抒己见(各抒己見) everyone gives their own view
• 吹糠见米(吹糠見米) instant results; blow the husk and see the rice
• 目不忍见(目不忍見) the eye cannot bear to see it; a scene too pitiful to behold
• 一见钟情(一見鐘情) love at first sight (idiom)
• 见机(見機) to observe a situation develop
• 相形见绌(相形見絀) to pale by comparison
• 寡闻少见(寡聞少見) having heard little and seen few things; ignorant
• 禁见(禁見) to deny a detainee visitation privileges
• 约见(約見) to arrange an interview; an appointment (with the foreign ambassador)
• 一孔之见(一孔之見) partial view; limited outlook
• 见穿(見穿) to be able to withstand wear
• 见地(見地) insight
• 想见(想見) to infer; to imagine
• 见风是雨(見風是雨) see the wind and assume it will rain; gullible; to believe whatever people suggest
• 一针见血(一針見血) hit the nail on the head
• 坦诚相见(坦誠相見) to trust one another fully; to treat somebody with sincerity
• 待见(待見) to like

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二十八 志第十八 符瑞中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Auspicious Signs 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 212
• 卷五十六 志第九 天文九 Volume 56 Treatises 9: Astronomy 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 177
• 卷二十九 志第十九 符瑞下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Auspicious Signs 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 143
• 卷三十八 Scroll 38 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 128
• 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 123
• 卷二十　　志第一:　天文 日薄食煇珥雲氣 月五星淩犯及星變 Volume 20 Treatises 1: Astronomy - Solar Eclipses, Lunar and Five Planets Occultations, Changes to Stars History of Jin 金史 — count: 111
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 107
• 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 93
• 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 93
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 86

Collocations

• 见君子 (見君子) 既見君子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧汝墳 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ru Fen — count: 23
• 载见 (載見) 載見 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧載見 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - Zai Jian — count: 5
• 请见 (請見) 曹劌請見 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 侯见 (侯見) 申侯見曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 见子 (見子) 臧孫見子玉而道之伐齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 见公 (見公) 見公之足於戶下 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 来见 (來見) 微子來見祖廟也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧有客 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - You Ke — count: 3
• 见止 (見止) 亦既見止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧草蟲 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Cao Chong — count: 3
• 见素 (見素) 庶見素冠兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧檜‧素冠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Gui - Su Guan — count: 3
• 庶见 (庶見) 庶見素冠兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧檜‧素冠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Gui - Su Guan — count: 3