见见 (jiàn jiàn) — to meet (casually), to see (for a bit)

Definition

见见 is the casual, light-touch form of 见 — meeting briefly or dropping by, not a formal appointment. Often reduplicated as 去见见朋友, 想去见见.

verb

to meet (casually)to see (for a bit)

Examples

？见见。
Zhōu mò nǐ yǒu kòng ma? wǒ xiǎng lái jiàn jiàn nǐ.
Are you free this weekend? I'd like to come see you.
，见见。
Wǒ men hǎo jiǔ méi jiàn le, zhǎo gè shí jiān jiàn jiàn ba.
We haven't seen each other in a long time; let's meet up sometime.
，见见。
Gāng rèn shi de péng you, duō jiàn jiàn jǐ cì jiù shú le.
With new friends, meet a few more times and you'll get familiar.

Origin

Reduplicated word

构词法gòucífǎ

重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

见jiànmeet

The repeated 见, meet, gives a casual or brief sense, as in meeting for a bit.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 見; 见 is its simplified writing.

目目mùeye
卩卩jiékneeling person

The traditional form 見 pairs 目 (eye) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a kneeling figure with a large eye for a head. The simplified 见 is a later shorthand.

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