所見即所得

Chinese

		that which one can see; view; opinion	namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	what one has gained; one's gains; what one acquires what one has gained; one's gains; what one acquires; proceeds
trad. (所見即所得)		所見	即	所得
simp. (所见即所得)		所见	即	所得

Etymology

Calque of English what you see is what you get, WYSIWYG.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒjiàn jí suǒdé

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒjiàn jí suǒdé
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒjiàn jí suǒdé
    • Wade–Giles: so³-chien⁴ chi² so³-tê²
    • Yale: swǒ-jyàn jí swǒ-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoojiann jyi suooder
    • Palladius: соцзянь цзи содэ (soczjanʹ czi sodɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵/

Phrase

所見即所得

1. (computing) what you see is what you get; WYSIWYG