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見證

简见证 · 繁見證

Mandarin · pinyin jiàn zhèng

to be witness to
witness
evidence

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見: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive; Kangxi radical 147
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见: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive
证: zhèng · prove, confirm, verify; proof

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4–4 · jian4 zheng4

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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gin3 zing3

Cantonese word readings for 見證. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to bear witness; to witness

noun

witness; evidence; testimony

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