Useful extra · HSK 2 list

见 jiàn “to see” in Chinese

Traditional 見

What 见 means

  1. to see, meet
  2. to appear (to be sth)
  3. to interview
  4. opinion
  5. view

How to say 见

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale见jiàn4th tone, falling

见 in a sentence

  1. 你想什么时候见他们？

    Nǐ xiǎng shénme shíhou jiàn tāmen?

    When do you want to meet them?

    Sentence #5663457 from Tatoeba

  2. 我以前见过你吗？

    Wǒ yǐqián jiànguo nǐ ma?

    Have we met before?

    Sentence #14023290 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 好，明天见！

    Hǎo, míngtiān jiàn!

    OK, see you tomorrow!

    Sentence #10961164 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 见 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 见 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
见jiànto see
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 儿legs · ér

Memory aidSimplified from 見: a big eye 目 on top of a person 儿: to see.

How to write 见

见 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

见 (jiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 见 (jiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 见

Words with 见

看见kànjiàn · to see再见zàijiàn · goodbye听见tīngjiàn · to hear见面jiànmiàn · meet/see somebody见到jiàndào · to see不见bújiàn · to be missing遇见yùjiàn · to meet (by chance)常见chángjiàn · common意见yìjiàn · idea可见kějiàn · it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

More words: Useful Extras

你们nǐmen · you (plural)他们tāmen · they下面xiàmiàn · below左zuǒ · left右yòu · right病bìng · illness笔bǐ · pen歌gē · song

FAQs

见 (jiàn) means “to see, meet” or “to appear (to be sth)”. It is not on the official HSK lists, but we teach it with HSK 2 because learners need it early.
Say it jiàn: jiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 见 is written 見. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 见 from the suggestions. Typing jian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
见 is not on the official HSK 2.0 word lists. It is a useful extra on our HSK 2 list, because learners need it from the start.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.