只见
zhǐjiàn
only to see
Characters in this word
见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 frame 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我只见他笑。 Wǒ zhǐjiàn tā xiào. I only saw him smile.
- 只见门开了。 Zhǐjiàn mén kāi le. All I saw was the door opening.
- 只见雨来了。 Zhǐjiàn yǔ lái le. All I saw was rain coming.
Related words
- 只 zhǐ only; just
- 只能 zhǐnéng can only; have to
- 只要 zhǐyào as long as; only need
- 只 zhī a measure word for animals
- 只好 zhǐhǎo to have no choice but to
- 只是 zhǐshì only; just
- 只有 zhǐyǒu only; have only
- 只不过 zhǐbúguò only; merely
- 见 jiàn to see; to meet
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 看见 kànjiàn to see, to catch sight of
- 听见 tīngjiàn to hear