起見

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (起見)		起	見
simp. (起见)		起	见

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² gin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-kiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-chien⁴
    • Yale: chǐ-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiijiann
    • Palladius: цицзянь (ciczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² gin³
    • Yale: héi gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ kiːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: khí-kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'kiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 起見

1. motive; purpose

Usage notes

Often used in the pattern 為……起見 (wèi……qǐjiàn).