见识 meaning in English

jiànshi

to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself

HSK 7-9verbnounTraditional 見識11 strokes

Meaning of 见识

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiànshi
  1. to gain first-hand knowledge of sth
  2. to experience for oneself
  3. knowledge
  4. experience
  5. insight

见识 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ见jiàn识shí到dào了le汤tāng姆mǔ的de作zuò为wéi。
I saw what Tom did.
我wǒ暑shǔ假jià去qù了le新xīn竹zhú科kē技jì园yuán区qū,见jiàn识shí了le许xǔ多duō高gāo科kē技jì公gōng司sī。
I went to the Hsinchu Science Park during summer vacation and saw many high-tech companies.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

见 jiàn · to see · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

识 shí · to know · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 见识.

认识rènshito know; to recognize
再见zàijiàngoodbye; see you again later
看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
听见tīngjiànto hear
见面jiànmiànto meet; to see each other
知识zhīshiknowledge; intellectual
见到jiàndàoto see
意见yìjiànidea; opinion
见过jiànguo
常见cháng jiàncommonly seen; common
碰见pèngjiànto run into; to meet (unexpectedly)
遇见yùjiànto meet

Questions about 见识

What does 见识 mean?

见识 (jiànshi) means "to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 见识?

见识 is made of 2 characters: 见 (4 strokes), 识 (7 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 见识 an HSK word?

Yes. 见识 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 见识 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 见识 is written 見識.