百聞不如一見

See also: 百闻不如一见

Chinese

		hundred	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (百聞不如一見)		百	聞	不如	一	見
simp. (百闻不如一见)		百	闻	不如	一	见

Etymology

Literally: Hearing something one hundred times is not as good as seeing it once. First attested in the Han dynastic chronicle (1st century AD).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎiwén bùrú yījiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ man⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ jat¹ gin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎiwén bùrú yījiàn [Phonetic: bǎiwén bùrú yíjiàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎiwún bùrú yijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-wên² pu⁴-ju² i¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: bǎi-wén bù-rú yī-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baewen buru ijiann
    • Palladius: байвэнь бужу ицзянь (bajvɛnʹ bužu iczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ man⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ jat¹ gin³
    • Yale: baak màhn bāt yùh yāt gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ man⁴ bat⁷ jy⁴ jat⁷ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ men⁴ bed¹ yu⁴ yed¹ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ mɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ jɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³/

Proverb

1. seeing is believing
2. a picture is worth a thousand words

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (百聞不如一見):

• → Japanese: 百聞(ひゃくぶん)は一見(いっけん)に如(し)かず (hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu)
• → Korean: 백문불여일견(百聞不如一見) (baengmunburyeoilgyeon)
• → Vietnamese: bách văn bất như nhất kiến (百聞不如一見)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
百	聞	不	如	一	見

Proverb

百聞不如一見 • (baengmunburyeoilgyeon) (hangeul 백문불여일견)

1. hanja form^? of 백문불여일견 (“seeing is believing”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
百	聞	不	如	一	見

Idiom

百聞不如一見

1. chữ Hán form of bách văn bất như nhất kiến (“seeing is believing”).