jiàn

  1. jiàn noun a mirror; a bronze mirror
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A variant of 鉴; may also apply to a a water mirror (CC-CEDICT '鑑'; Guoyu '鑑' n 1; Kroll 2015 '鑑' 1, p. 200; Mathews 1931 '鑑', p. 116; Unihan '鑑'; XHZD '鉴' 1, p. 333)
  2. jiàn verb to reflect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鑑'; Guoyu '鑑' v 1; Kroll 2015 '鑑' 2, p. 200; Unihan '鑑'; XHZD '鉴' 2, p. 333)
  3. jiàn verb to radiate light
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '鑑' 2b, p. 200)
  4. jiàn noun the ability to observe; discernment
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '鑑' n 2; Kroll 2015 '鑑' 3, p. 200)
  5. jiàn noun vigilance
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '鑑' n 3)
  6. jiàn noun evidence of conduct; example
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '鑑' n 4; Mathews 1931 '鑑', p. 116)
  7. jiàn proper noun Jian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '鑑' n 5)
  8. jiàn verb to investigate; to inspect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 审察 (CC-CEDICT '鑑'; Guoyu '鑑' v 2; Mathews 1931 '鑑', p. 116; XHZD '鉴' 3, p. 333)
  9. jiàn verb to warn
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 戒勉 (CC-CEDICT '鑑'; Guoyu '鑑' v 3; Kroll 2015 '鑑' 2a, p. 200; Mathews 1931 '鑑', p. 116)

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