拜見

See also: 拜见 and 拝見

Chinese

		to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (拜見)		拜	見
simp. (拜见)		拜	见

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàijiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baai³ gin³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pài-kiàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàijiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàijiàn
  - Wade–Giles: pai⁴-chien⁴
  - Yale: bài-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bayjiann
  - Palladius: байцзянь (bajczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baai³ gin³
  - Yale: baai gin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baai³ gin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bai³ gin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³³ kiːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pài-kiàn
  - Tâi-lô: pài-kiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pae'kiexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ kiɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ kiɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pai¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɛn²¹/

Verb

拜見

(honorific) to pay visit to a superior; to have an audience with or call on somebody holding high office
拜見尊長／拜见尊长 ― bàijiàn zūnzhǎng ― to visit one's seniors

拜見恩師／拜见恩师 ― bàijiàn ēnshī ― to visit a greatly respected teacher

Synonyms

參見 / 参见 (cānjiàn) (literary)
拜會 / 拜会 (bàihuì) (honorific, chiefly in diplomatic contexts)
拜謁 / 拜谒 (bàiyè) (honorific, literary)
謁見 / 谒见 (yèjiàn) (literary)
進見 / 进见 (jìnjiàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拜見):

→ Japanese: 拝見(はいけん) (haiken)
→ Korean: 배견(拜見) (baegyeon)
→ Vietnamese: bái kiến (拜見)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拜	見
はい Jinmeiyō	けん Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 拜見 – see the following entry.

【拝見はいけん】

[noun] (humble) seeing

[verb] (humble) look (at)

(This term, 拜見, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)