Chinese symbol for “glimpse”
瞥见
piē jiàn
Traditional: 瞥見
to glimpse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for glimpse is 瞥见 (piē jiàn), defined as: to glimpse.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “glimpse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐现 (隱現) | yǐn xiàn | glimpse (of something hidden) |
| 一眼 | yī yǎn | a glance; a quick look |
| 一瞥 | yī piē | glance; glimpse |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瞥见.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一瞥 | yī piē | glance; glimpse |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 看见 (看見) | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 见到 (見到) | jiàn dào | to see |
| 可见 (可見) | kě jiàn | it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear |
| 常见 (常見) | cháng jiàn | commonly seen; common |
| 听见 (聽見) | tīng jiàn | to hear |
See also: Japanese symbol for “glimpse”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.