看见
kàn jiàn
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 看見
To see or catch sight of something, as the result of looking. 看 alone is the act of looking; 看见 adds the result: 我看了，可是没看见 'I looked, but didn't see it'. The negative uses 没: 没看见 'didn't see'.
Nhìn thấy, trông thấy: mắt đã thấy được một thứ gì. 看 chỉ là hành động nhìn, còn 看见 có thêm kết quả, giống “nhìn” và “nhìn thấy”: 我看了，可是没看见 (tôi nhìn rồi mà không thấy). Phủ định dùng 没: 没看见.
VerbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “看见” mean?
To see or catch sight of something, as the result of looking. 看 alone is the act of looking; 看见 adds the result: 我看了，可是没看见 'I looked, but didn't see it'. The negative uses 没: 没看见 'didn't see'. Literally: look and see
Is “看见” formal or informal?
看见 is generally neutral.