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Jyutping zek3 gin3
Pinyin zhī jiàn

Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #1012

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Jyutping zek3 gin3
Pinyin zhǐ jiàn

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    all one can see is

只見 [-见]

Jyutping
Pinyin zhǐ jiàn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to see (the same thing) over and over again
  2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我只见过他一次。
    我只見過他一次。
    wǒ zhǐ jiàn guò tā yī cì 。
    • I've only seen him once.
  2. Mandarin
    事物皆有两面。笃信者只见其一。
    事物皆有兩面。篤信者只見其一。
    shì wù jiē yǒu liǎng miàn 。 dǔ xìn zhě zhǐ jiàn qí yī 。
    • Everything has two sides. Fanatics only see one.
    • Things are usually janus-faced. And these fanatics only see one side.
  3. Mandarin
    我至此只见过他一次。
    我至此只見過他一次。
    wǒ zhì cǐ zhǐ jiàn guò tā yī cì 。
    • I've met him only once so far.
    • I've only met him once so far.
    • Up to now, I've met him only once.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我和他只见过一面。
    我和他只見過一面。
    wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guò yī miàn .
    • I have only met him once.
  2. Mandarin
    只见那向阳处有几个小妖,拿些人肉巴子,一块块理着晒哩。
    只見那向陽處有幾個小妖,拿些人肉巴子,一塊塊理着曬哩。
    zhǐ jiàn nà xiàng yáng chù yǒu jǐ ge xiǎo yāo , ná xiē rén ròu bā zi , yī kuài kuài lǐ zhe shài li .
    • He saw some junior devils setting out gobbets of human flesh to dry in a sunny spot.
  3. Mandarin
    忙翻包掏出钥匙打开门,只见老爸站在阳台上,向外张望,晚风吹拂着他稀疏的白发,那情景让我心里一阵酸楚,不知不觉中,泪已成行。
    忙翻包掏出鑰匙打開門,只見老爸站在陽台上,向外張望,晚風吹拂着他稀疏的白髮,那情景讓我心裏一陣酸楚,不知不覺中,淚已成行。
    máng fān bāo tāo chū yào shi dǎ kāi mén , zhǐ jiàn lǎo bà zhàn zài yáng tái shàng , xiàng wài zhāng wàng , wǎn fēng chuī fú zhe tā xī shū de bái fà , nà qíng jǐng ràng wǒ xīn lǐ yī zhèn suān chǔ , bù zhī bù jué zhōng , lèi yǐ chéng háng .
    • I hurriedly took out the key to open the door. Dad was standing on the balcony, looking into the distance, his sparse grey hair blown by the evening wind. I couldn't help feeling a twinge of pain in my heart, and tears flowed down like a river.