窺見

See also: 窥见

Chinese

		peep; pry into	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (窺見)		窺	見
simp. (窥见)		窥	见

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuījiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹ gin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-kiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuījiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kueijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: kwēi-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kueijiann
    • Palladius: куйцзянь (kujczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai¹ gin³
    • Yale: kwāi gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ kiːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: khui-kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'kiexn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹/

Verb

窺見

1. to get a glimpse of; to catch a glimpse of; to detect

Synonyms

• 看出 (kànchū)
• (Cantonese) 睇出

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
窺	見
き Jinmeiyō	けん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲikẽ̞ɴ]
• (Tokyo) きけん [kìkéń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

窺(き)見(けん) • (kiken) 

1. spying

Verb

窺(き)見(けん)する • (kiken suru) intransitive suru (stem 窺(き)見(けん)し (kiken shi), past 窺(き)見(けん)した (kiken shita))

1. to peek

Conjugation

Conjugation of "窺見する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	窺見し	きけんし	kiken shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	窺見し	きけんし	kiken shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	窺見する	きけんする	kiken suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	窺見する	きけんする	kiken suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	窺見すれ	きけんすれ	kiken sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	窺見せよ¹ 窺見しろ²	きけんせよ¹ きけんしろ²	kiken seyo¹ kiken shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	窺見される	きけんされる	kiken sareru
Causative	窺見させる 窺見さす	きけんさせる きけんさす	kiken saseru kiken sasu
Potential	窺見できる	きけんできる	kiken dekiru
Volitional	窺見しよう	きけんしよう	kiken shiyō
Negative	窺見しない	きけんしない	kiken shinai
Negative continuative	窺見せず	きけんせず	kiken sezu
Formal	窺見します	きけんします	kiken shimasu
Perfective	窺見した	きけんした	kiken shita
Conjunctive	窺見して	きけんして	kiken shite
Hypothetical conditional	窺見すれば	きけんすれば	kiken sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
窺	見
うかが > うか Jinmeiyō	み Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
候

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ka̠mʲi]

Noun

窺(うか)見(み) • (ukami) 

1. lookout, scout, patrol

References

• “^▲窺見”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026