见 (jiàn) means See (meet - visible - appear). Below are 24 of the 117 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
我看 见 一件红色的衣服。
wǒ kànjiàn yíjiàn hóngsè de / dì yīfu.
I saw a red one.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
十一点，我睡觉。明天 见 ！
shíyī diǎn, wǒ shuìjiào. míngtiān jiàn!
At eleven I go to sleep. See you tomorrow!
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
我跑进电梯，看 见 了我的经理。
wǒ pǎo jìn diàntī, kànjiànle wǒ de(possessive) jīnglǐ.
I ran into the lift and saw my manager.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
到家以后我才发现手机不 见 了。
dào jiā yǐhòu wǒ cái fāxiàn shǒujī bùjiàn le / liǎo / liào.
It wasn't until I got home that I noticed it was gone.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
路上我能看 见 很多人和很多商店。
lùshang wǒ néng kànjiàn hěnduō rén hé hěnduō shāngdiàn.
On the way I can see lots of people and lots of shops.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
我从来没 见 过她这么年轻的样子。
wǒ cónglái méi jiànguò tā zhème niánqīng de / dì yàngzi.
I had never seen her looking that young.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我跟他说了再 见 ，然后走出了车站。
wǒ gēn tā shuōle zàijiàn, ránhòu zǒu chūle chēzhàn.
I said goodbye to him and walked out of the station.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
后来我看 见 一个老人在路口卖红薯。
hòulái wǒ kànjiàn yīgè lǎorén zài lù kǒu mài hóngshǔ.
Then I saw an old man selling sweet potatoes on the corner.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
火车开了以后，我看 见 了很多山和田。
huǒchē kāile yǐhòu, wǒ kànjiànle hěnduō shān hé tián.
After the train pulled out I saw a lot of hills and fields.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
我把那封信放在了书桌上，每天都能看 见 。
wǒ bǎ nà / nèi fēng xìn fàng zài le / liǎo / liào shū zhuō shàng, měitiān dōu néng kànjiàn.
I put the letter on my desk where I see it every day.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
也许是因为，我们都不觉得这是最后一次 见 面。
yěxǔ shì yīnwèi, wǒmen dōu bù juéde zhè / zhèi shì zuìhòu yīcì jiànmiàn.
Perhaps because neither of us thought it was the last time we'd meet.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
From the grammar library
你听 见 了吗？
Nǐ tīngjiàn le ma?
Did you hear that?
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
我们下午三点 见 。
Wǒmen xiàwǔ sān diǎn jiàn.
Let's meet at three this afternoon.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
见 appears in 117 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 见
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Questions about 见
How is 见 used in a sentence?
This page shows 117 sentences using 见 (jiàn, "See (meet - visible - appear)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 见 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 见 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 见?
The dictionary page for 见 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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