VocabularyHSK 3 · core

看见

kànjiàn

to see

Part of speech · verb

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Examples

我看见他了。
I saw him.
从这里能看见山。
You can see the mountain from here.

Collocations

看见了看不见听见

Mnemonic

看见 kànjiàn "to see (and perceive)" — 看 (action of looking) + 见 (result of seeing). Resultative compound. 看 alone is just the action; 看见 confirms perception. Negative: 看不见 "cannot see".

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