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見證人

简见证人 · 繁見證人

Mandarin · pinyin jiàn zhèng rén

eyewitness (to an incident)
witness (to a legal transaction)

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見: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive; Kangxi radical 147
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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
见: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive
证: zhèng · prove, confirm, verify; proof

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4–4–2 · jian4 zheng4 ren2

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noun

witness (one who has a personal knowledge of something) (Classifier: 名 m; 位 m)
(informal) short for 耶和華見證人／耶和华见证人 (Yēhéhuá jiànzhèngrén, “Jehovah's Witness; JW”)

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