見
jiànxiàn HSK1

see

见 見 jiàn frequency
to see verb
to see; to catch sight of; to perceive visually

我从来没有见过你哭。

wǒ cóng​lái méi​yǒu jiàn guo nǐ kū.

I've never seen you cry.

你见过鱼离开水吗？

nǐ jiàn guo yú lí kāi shuǐ ma?

Have you ever seen a fish out of water?

[resultative] particle
Used after certain verbs related to the senses to indicate successful perception

我看到的你看不见吗？

wǒ kàn dào de nǐ kàn bu jiàn ma?

Can't you see what I see?

他已经有4年没有看见父母了。

tā yǐ​jing yǒu4 nián méi​yǒu kàn jiàn fù​mǔ le.

He hasn’t seen his parents in four years.

to meet verb
to meet with; to call on; to interview or receive a visitor

他们不让我见我母亲。

tā​men bù ràng wǒ jiàn wǒ mǔ​qīn.

They won't let me see my mother.

我很高兴你来见我们。

wǒ hěn gāo​xìng nǐ lái jiàn wǒ​men.

I'm glad you came to see us.

opinion noun
(bound form) view; opinion; insight

你对他有偏见。

nǐ duì tā yǒu piān jiàn.

You are biased against him.

to encounter
to be exposed to; to come into contact with; to meet with something (such as light or fire)
[passive]
Used before a verb to indicate a passive action
to refer to
Used in texts to point to a source or a place for further reference, meaning "see" or "vide"
surname
a Chinese surname
[polite prefix]
Used before a verb to indicate that the action is directed toward the speaker
见 見 xiàn
to appear adjective
(literary) to appear; to show; to become visible
now
(bound form) now; present; current
to recommend
(literary) to recommend; to introduce

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Frequency
Character
Written text
153rd most common 1390.6 per million
Movie subtitles
88th most common 1830.1 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
874.6 per million appears in 94% of films
Written text
451.0 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
见
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+898B

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)