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CHAPTER 5. WHAT THE DICTIONARIES SAY 187<br />

examples in the Collins English-Spanish Dictionary above. The addition of just the four<br />

words comprender, entender, visitar, <strong>and</strong> imaginar after the rst occurrence of ver would<br />

have greatly improved the entry.<br />

5.5 English-M<strong>and</strong>arin <strong>and</strong> M<strong>and</strong>arin-English Dictionaries<br />

Far East English-Chinese Dictionary|Text<br />

(301) { v.t.<br />

a. kan; jian; sh `look; see; view'<br />

(All translated kan jian except as noted)<br />

(i) Do you see that tree?<br />

(ii) Isaw some people in the garden.<br />

(iii) Have you seen today's paper? k<strong>and</strong>ao<br />

(iv) Ilooked but saw nothing.<br />

(v) Ihave never seen a man hanged. wei jian guo<br />

(vi) Isaw something move (ormoving).<br />

(vii) I saw that the box was empty. kan ne hezi sh kongde<br />

(viii) to see a tennis match. kan y chang wangqiu bsai<br />

b. liaojie; l ng hu . (=underst<strong>and</strong>); chajue (=perceive).<br />

(i) I see what you mean. m ngbai<br />

(ii) I don't see the use of doing that. kanbuchu `can't see'<br />

(iii) Don't you see how todoit? bum ngbai<br />

c. faxian; xue zh. `discover; nd out'<br />

(i) I will see what needs to be done.<br />

Wo hu chakan xuyao zuo shemma.<br />

(ii) See if the postman has come.<br />

Qu kankan youchai laiguo mei you.<br />

d. j ngyan; yuel `experience'<br />

(i) He has seen a lot in his life. yuel hen duo<br />

(ii) He has seen better days. youguo dey shhou<br />

(iii) Inever saw such rudeness. wei j ngguo<br />

(iv) That coat has seen hard wear. chu<strong>and</strong>e hen jiule `wear-DE very old-

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