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Catch sight of in Chinese

to catch sight of · HSK 1

看见 kàn jiàn

  1. 看 kàn to look at
  2. 见 jiàn to see

你看见我的钥匙了吗? Have you seen my keys?

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How do you say catch sight of in Chinese?

Catch sight of in Chinese is 看见 (kàn jiàn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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