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見 (gin3) — meet; call on; visit in Cantonese

gin˗₃見
简 见
Mandarin Pinyin: jian4

Meaning of 見

nounmeet; call on; visit
nounsee; catch sight of; observe
nounfeel (cold, dizzy, sick, etc)
nounview; opinion; idea
noun(used before a verb to indicate the passive)
nounshow evidence of; appear to be

Example Sentences with 見

neiˏ₅你gin˗₃見gwo˗₃過keoiˏ₅佢go˗₃個neoiˏ₅女pangˎ₄朋jauˏ₅友meiˍ₆未aa˗₃呀？
Have you seen his girlfriend before?
我一見到我父母就好開心。
I am very happy upon seeing my parents.
佢一見到我，即刻黑面
Once he saw me, he gave me a stern look.
見到你很高興
nice to meet you
能見到你真是太好了。
It was nice meeting you.
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Words Containing 見

見客gin3 haak3
to receive (callers)
見仁見智gin3 jan4 gin3 zi3
opinions differ from each other; a matter of opinion
不見得bat1 gin3 dak1
not necessarily; not likely | Cant.: 唔見得
覲見gan6 gin3
to go to court; to have an audience with a monarch
罕見hon2 gin3
rare;
見賢思齊gin3 jin4 si1 cai4
emulate a good and wise man; emulate a worthy person
聞見棺材香man4 gin3 gun1 coi4 hoeng1
have one foot in the grave; on the threshold of death; very old and will die soon
見不得gin3 bat1 dak1
may not be seen by or exposed to
碰見pung3 gin3
to run into; to meet
未見官先打八十mei6 gin3 gun1 sin1 daa2 baat3 sap6
未見其利先見其害
見證gin3 zing3
witness; testimony
越窮越見鬼jyut6 kung4 jyut6 gin3 gwai2
when one is in bad luck it just seems to get worse

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