看见
kànjiàn
to see; to catch sight of
Type: VerbsHSK 1
看 (to look) + 见 (to see). A compound verb showing the act of looking has succeeded — managing to see.
It's an example of 'verb + resultative complement'. Similar ones are 听到 (to hear, to listen and catch it) and 买到 (to manage to buy).
看
手shǒuhand
目mùeye
见
目mùeye
儿érlegs
我看见他了。
Wǒ kànjiàn tā le.
I saw him.
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