拜見

See also: 拜见 and 拝見

Chinese

		to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (拜見)		拜	見
simp. (拜见)		拜	见

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàijiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai³ gin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pài-kiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàijiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: bài-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bayjiann
    • Palladius: байцзянь (bajczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai³ gin³
    • Yale: baai gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai³ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai³ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³³ kiːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pài-kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: pài-kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pae'kiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pai¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɛn²¹/

Verb

拜見

1. (honorific) to pay visit to a superior; to have an audience with or call on somebody holding high office

   拜見尊長／拜见尊长  ―  bàijiàn zūnzhǎng  ―  to visit one's seniors

   拜見恩師／拜见恩师  ―  bàijiàn ēnshī  ―  to visit a greatly respected teacher

Synonyms

• 參見／参见 (cānjiàn) (literary)
• 拜會／拜会 (bàihuì) (honorific, chiefly in diplomatic contexts)
• 拜謁／拜谒 (bàiyè) (honorific, literary)
• 謁見／谒见 (yèjiàn) (literary)
• 進見／进见 (jìnjiàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拜見):

• → Japanese: 拝見(はいけん) (haiken)
• → Korean: 배견(拜見) (baegyeon)
• → Vietnamese: bái kiến (拜見)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拜	見
はい Jinmeiyō	けん Grade: 1
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 拜見 – see the following entry.

【拝見はいけん】 [noun] (humble) seeing [verb] (humble) look (at)

(This term, 拜見, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)