SEE  看見見

PERCEIVE USING the EYES.
DISCERNSPOTNOTICECATCH SIGHT OFGLIMPSECATCH/GET A GLIMPSE OFMAKE OUTPICK OUTSPYDISTINGUISHDETECTPERCEIVENOTEINFORMAL LAY/SET EYES ON
Antonym
  • BLINDLACK the ABILITY to SEE.
    Hypernym
    • PERCEIVEBECOME AWARE of BECAUSE one INTERACTS WITH.
      • AWAREABLE to VOLUNTARILY:deliberately REACT to. 
        • ABLEHAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something.
          • HAVERELATION to something such that it BE-IN:is in one OR is CONTROLLED by one....
    See also
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The clearly dominant word is jiàn 見 (ant. méng 矇 "unable to see") which refers to any act of successful visual perception.

    2. Míng 明 (ant. máng 盲 "unable to see at all") refers to clarity of general vision and is predominantly used in transferred senses.

    3. Dǔ 睹 refers to clear perception at a given time.

    4. Chá 察 refers to discriminating analytic perception.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    看見

    瞧見

    望見

    瞅見

    瞥見

    見

    睹

    觸目

    映入眼簾

    盡收眼底

    目睹

    目擊

    目見

    親見

    親眼見

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    Old Chinese Contrasts
    See 符淮青，詞義的分析和描寫 252 ff

    • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 93; 402

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.51

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.53

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.54

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      SEE

      videre refers to visual perception in general.

      cernere refers especially to clear visual perception.

      spectare means quietly to fix the eye upon an object that intersts the understanding and to dwell upon it as upon a significant representation.

      intueri refers to fisxing the eye upon something that strikes the fancy of sould, as "to contemplate".

      conspicere refers to catching sight of an object.

      adspicere means to look at, that is to case one's eye upon an object, whether consciously or not.

    • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 134

    • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

      VISIO

      VISUS

    • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 37

    • “孟子”同義詞研究 ( MENGZI TONGYI 2002) p. 307

    • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.1980

    • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 9.162

      SEHEN ALS (WITTGENSTEIN)

    • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1248

      睹，見，視，看

      1. WL finds jia4n 見 and du3 睹 synonymous. In fact, the words are sometimes used interchangeably, but du3 睹 generally tends to emphasise clarity and distinctness of vision or perception.

      2. WL fails to note that du3 睹 regularly means to "visit".

    • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 68ff

    • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.174.134

      VOIR.REGARDER; VOIR.APPERCEVOIR

    • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.343

    Words

    見  jiàn OC: keens MC: ken 192 AttributionsWD

    The clearly dominant word is jiàn 見 (ant. méng 矇 "unable to see") which refers to any act of successful visual perception.

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 聞/KNOW Wén 聞 is to have learnt so that one knows as part of one's tradition or education.
    • Contrast: 望 / 望/LOOK Wàng 望 (and the much rarer tiào 眺/覜 and zhān 瞻) refer to looking at something from a distance (often with connotations of admiration), and the connoted direction is always upwards.
    • Contrast: 視/LOOK The current word for looking at something close in general is shì 視, but the word can also occasionally refer specifically to looking down rather than up. (See also SEE.)
    • Assoc: 督/LOOK
    • Assoc: 覽/SEE
    • Assoc: 觀/SURVEY Guān 觀 is to try to get a detailed careful overview of something and to survey something complex with careful analytic attention.
    • Synon: 察/SEE Chá 察 refers to discriminating analytic perception.
    • Synon: 督/LOOK

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturethe capacity of seeing > sight
    • nabobjectwhat one sees; what one notices; what one perceivesLZ
    • nabpsychspiritual perceptiveness
    • viactsee things; have intellectual vision [Note that since the object is unrecoverable, we cannot speak of a deleted object.]
    • vt(+N.)postadVsee and recognise
    • vt(oN)see the contextually determinate N (often NPab[S])
    • vt(oS)see this; realise this
    • vt+prep+Nlay one's eyes on; see what happens in place N
    • vt+prep+NPab{S}see that S
    • vt[oN]see thingsLZ
    • vt[oN]intensitive, perfective見者"he who has eyes to see": be able to see and perceive things expertly
    • vt[oN]perfectivehave seen and learnt things (as in 少見)LZ
    • vtoNperceive visually; witness, come across; lay one's eyes on; focus and perceive properly; come across; notice; have a vision of (ghosts)
    • vtoNfigurativehave an eye for; have a keen perception ofCH
    • vtoNfigurative, cognitivebe able to perceive; be aware of, gain knowledge of, notice
    • vtoNinchoativecatch sight ofCH
    • vtoNPab{S}to see that S; to see how S
    • vtoNpassiveto be seen; to allow oneself to be seen
    • vtoNpsychsee, witness oneself
    • vtoNreflexive.己see (oneself)
    • vtoSfigurativeto notice that S
    • vtoSimperativesee/contemplate that S!
    • vtoSinchoativecome to see that S; notice that S
    • vttoN.+V[0]psychsee that oneself V-s
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2to notice (something N1) in (a place N2)　見賢焉
    睹  dǔ OC: k-laaʔ MC: tuo̝
    睹  dǔ OC: k-laaʔ MC: tuo̝ 43 AttributionsWD

    Dǔ 睹 refers to clear perception at a given time.

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nsee clearly
    • vtoNsee clearly, make out, catch sight of; notice, perceive; be able to recognise
    • vtoNPab{S}realise that S, see that S
    • vtoNpassivebe seen clearly 可睹
    • vtoSsee that S
    明  míng OC: mraŋ MC: mɣaŋ 11 AttributionsWD

    Míng 明 (ant. máng 盲 "unable to see at all") refers to clarity of general vision and is predominantly used in transferred senses.

      Syntactic words
    • nabdisposition(keen and clear) eyesight; clear visual perception
    • vadNclearsighted, keen, sharpLZ
    • vibe clearsighted, have sharp sight
    傍人  páng rén OC: baaŋ njin MC: bɑŋ ȵin 9 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPsubject=humanperson next to the situation > observer; bystander
    目  mù OC: muɡ MC: muk 6 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]look at thingsCH
    • vtoNto see
    望見  wàng jiàn OC: maŋs keens MC: mi̯ɐŋ ken
    望見  (wáng) jiàn OC: maŋ keens MC: mi̯ɐŋ ken 5 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)omsee from afar (a contextually determinate N)
    • VPtoNresultativesee from the distance, see from afar (sometimes: in a formal audience)
    睹見  dǔ jiàn OC: k-laaʔ keens MC: tuo̝ ken 5 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)omsee, witness (with contextually determinate N)
    • VPtoNsee clearly, be witness to
    覩  dǔ MC: tuX OC: k-laaʔCH 5 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsee; see clearlyCH
    察  chá OC: skhreed MC: ʈʂhɣɛt 3 AttributionsWD

    Chá 察 refers to discriminating analytic perception.

      Word relations
    • Synon: 見/SEE The clearly dominant word is jiàn 見 (ant. méng 矇 "unable to see") which refers to any act of successful visual perception.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNperfectivesee (something) precisely, distinguish subtle details (of something) by eyesight
    • vtoSsee that S
    振  zhēn MC: tsyin OC: kljɯnLZ 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfigurativetake into account, perceive (XUN)LZ
    覽  lǎn OC: ɡ-raamʔ MC: lɑm 1 AttributionWD

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 見/SEE The clearly dominant word is jiàn 見 (ant. méng 矇 "unable to see") which refers to any act of successful visual perception.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfocus on; enjoy the sight of
    • vtoSsee from a higher perspective that S
    徹視  chè shì OC: thed ɡljilʔ MC: ʈhiɛt dʑi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPisee through things
    目光  mù guāng OC: muɡ kʷaaŋ MC: muk kɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabeye light > the capacity to see > vision
    目見  mù jiàn OC: muɡ keens MC: muk ken 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNsee with one's own eyes
    瞻視  zhān shì OC: kljam ɡljils MC: tɕiɛm dʑi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNsee
    窺見  kuī jiàn OC: khʷe keens MC: khiɛ ken 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNperfectiveget to see
    觸目  chù mù OC: thjoɡ muɡ MC: tɕhi̯ok muk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPisee things; have things meet one's eyes
    得  dé MC: tok OC: tɯɯɡLZ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpassivebe caught sight ofLZ
    眼見  yǎn jiàn OC: ŋɡrɯɯnʔ keens MC: ŋɣɛn ken 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)see what is happening
    見得  jiàn dé OC: keens tɯɯɡ MC: ken tək 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNfigurativebecome aware of
    見鏡  jiàn jìng OC: keens kraŋs MC: ken kɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN]see oneself in the mirror

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