jiàn
traditional

How to write (jiàn) in Chinese

(pinyin: jiàn, written "jian" or "jian") means to see, to observe, to meet, to appear. Below: its meaning, pronunciation, stroke order, and example sentences, so you can learn how to read, say, and write .

Meaning

  • to see, to observe, to meet, to appear

Stroke order

Examples

我二十三岁第一次看见大海。
wǒ èr shí sān suì dì yī cì kàn jiàn dà hǎi.
I saw the ocean for the first time at twenty-three.
怪不得没见过。这楼电梯太慢了。
guài bu de méi jiàn guò. zhè lóu diàn tī tài màn le.
No wonder we've never met. The elevators in this building are so slow.
一只狐狸看见了,很想要那块肉。
yì zhī hú li kàn jiàn le, hěn xiǎng yào nà kuài ròu.
A fox saw it and really wanted that meat.
有一天,他看见一只兔子撞到树上,死了。
yǒu yì tiān, tā kàn jiàn yì zhī tù zi zhuàng dào shù shang, sǐ le.
One day, he saw a rabbit run into a tree and die.
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