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見
简 见 · 繁 見Characters in this entry
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4 · jian4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gin3 · jin6
Cantonese word readings for 見. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to see
- to meet; to see
- to meet with; to be exposed to
- to see; to refer to; vide
- to appear; to seem
- opinion, idea, view
- used after some verbs to indicate the result
- (Cantonese) to feel (something about or in one's body)
- (literary, used before a verb) (to have something done) by (someone or something)
- (literary) used to before a verb to indicate the action towards the speaker
- (Hokkien) something happens every time something else happens (placed before two verbs)
- (Hokkien) to have a contest; to compete
- (Mainland China Hokkien) every; each
- (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 見 (MC kenH)
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 現／现 (xiàn, “to appear”)
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