English [1] [v] see; observe; perceive; catch a sight of; understand; examine [2] [v] visit; see; call on; call at; meet [3] [v] receive (visitors, etc.); come face to face with [4] vide; see [5] to be used roughly as a verb to be in the passive voice [6] [v] move toward a certain direction (said of a situation, condition, etc., as getting worse, better, slimmer, etc.) [7] Kangxi radical Mandarin (hanyu pinyin) jiàn Cantonese (jyutping) gin3 jin6 Hakka (phonetic) [Kwangtung] kien5 ken5 hien5 [Hailu] kien5 hien6 [Siyan] kien5 hien5 [Hong Kong] kien5 [Bao'an] ken5 hen3 [Dongguan] ken5 [Meixian] hien5 kian5 Minnan/Taiwanese hian7 Vietnamese kiến Japanese ken Korean kyen hyen |