HSK 5 · Function Words

可见 kějiàn “it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)” in Chinese

Traditional 可見

What 可见 means

  1. it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)
  2. it is (thus) clear
  3. clear
  4. visible

How to say 可见

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale可kě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale见jiàn4th tone, falling

可见 in a sentence

  1. 由此可见，英文已经不再是专属英国人的语言了。

    Yóucǐ kějiàn, Yīngwén yǐjīng búzài shì zhuānshǔ Yīngguórén de yǔyán le.

    This shows that English is no longer the language of England alone.

    Sentence #520652 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 可见 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 可 (kě) with each of its parts in a different colour
可kěcan; may; able to; -able
  • 丁part of the characterMeaning part
  • 口mouth · kǒuSound part

Memory aidPicture a mouth 口 saying yes: can, may.

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 可见

可 5 strokes · 见 4 strokes

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

Words related to 可见

Words with 可

可以kěyǐ · can可能kěnéng · maybe可kě · but可爱kě'ài · cute可怜kělián · pitiful可惜kěxī · it is a pity可是kěshì · but可靠kěkào · reliable可怕kěpà · awful宁可nìngkě · preferably

Words with 见

看见kànjiàn · to see再见zàijiàn · goodbye听见tīngjiàn · to hear见jiàn · to see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

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尽量jǐnliàng · as much as possible极其jíqí · extremely居然jūrán · unexpectedly颗kē · measure word for small round things (a pearl劳驾láojià · excuse me厘米límǐ · centimetre连忙liánmáng · promptly临时línshí · temporary

FAQs

可见 (kějiàn) means “it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)” or “it is (thus) clear”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it kějiàn: kě with a 3rd tone, then 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, 可见 is written 可見. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kejian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 可见 from the suggestions. Typing kejian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
可见 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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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.