Meaning
example; mirror; to view; reflection; to reflect; to inspect
Chinese: 镜子；也表示鉴别、借鉴。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “jian” becomes a different word in each tone. 鉴 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 鉴定jiàn dìngto examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
- 鉴于jiàn yúin view of; seeing that; considering; whereas
- 鉴别jiàn biéto differentiate; to distinguish
- 借鉴jiè jiànto draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things); lesson to be learned (by observing others)
- 鉴赏jiàn shǎngto appreciate (as a connoisseur)
Example Sentence
专家正在鉴定这件文物的真假。Zhuān jiā zhèng zài jiàn dìng zhè jiàn wén wù de zhēn jiǎ.The expert is appraising whether this relic is genuine.
专家Zhuān jiāexpert正zhèngfirst month of the lunar y在zàiat鉴jiànto reflect定dìngto fix这zhèthis件jiànitem文物wén wùcultural relic的deof真假zhēn jiǎgenuine or fake。