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How to pronounce 看见

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kàn看jiàn见to see; to catch sight of

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in Mandarin Chinese

kàn看jiàn见

to see; to catch sight of

HSK 1

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kànFourth tonejiànFourth tone

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I saw him.

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Seeing me, she was embarrassed.

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ā First toneHigh and level
á Second toneRising
ǎ Third toneLow, then rising in isolation
à Fourth toneFalling
a Neutral toneShort and light

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Definitions adapt CC-CEDICT through HSK 3.0, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Definitions are shortened for study.

Examples include Lock In original sentences and the Tatoeba Project, under CC BY 2.0 France. Chinese text is normalized to simplified characters. Pinyin follows the study dictionary.