不見

See also: 不见

Chinese

		not; no	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (不見)		不	見
simp. (不见)		不	见

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-kien / put-kian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùjiàn [Phonetic: bújiàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: bù-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujiann
    • Palladius: буцзянь (buczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gin³
    • Yale: bāt gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-kien
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` gien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud<sup>5</sup> gian<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² ki̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-kian
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` gian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ gian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² ki̯an⁵⁵/

Verb

不見

1. to not see
2. to not meet
3. to disappear; to be lost; to be misplaced

Synonyms

• (to disappear):

• 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 收斂／收敛 (shōuliǎn) (of a light ray, smile, etc.)
• 泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
• 消亡 (xiāowáng)
• 消失 (xiāoshī)
• 消散 (xiāosàn)
• 消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
• 消融 (xiāoróng)
• 消逝 (xiāoshì)
• 蒸發／蒸发 (zhēngfā) (figurative)
• 絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
• 遠去／远去 (yuǎnqù)

 

Derived terms

• 不見棺材不掉淚／不见棺材不掉泪 (bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi)
• 不見棺材不落淚／不见棺材不落泪 (bùjiàn guāncái bù luòlèi)
• 抬頭不見低頭見／抬头不见低头见 (táitóu bùjiàn dītóu jiàn)