百聞不如一見

See also: 百闻不如一见

Chinese

		hundred	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (百聞不如一見)		百	聞	不如	一	見
simp. (百闻不如一见)		百	闻	不如	一	见

Etymology

Literally: Hearing something one hundred times is not as good as seeing it once. First attested in the Han dynastic chronicle (1st century AD).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎiwén bùrú yījiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ man⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ jat¹ gin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎiwén bùrú yījiàn [Phonetic: bǎiwén bùrú yíjiàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baewen buru ijiann
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ man⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ jat¹ gin³
  - Yale: baak màhn bāt yùh yāt gin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ man⁴ bat⁷ jy⁴ jat⁷ gin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ men⁴ bed¹ yu⁴ yed¹ gin³
  - IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ mɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ jɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³/

Proverb

百聞不如一見

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (百聞不如一見):

→ Japanese: 百聞 (ひゃくぶん)は一 (いっ)見 (けん)に如 (し)かず (hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu)
→ Korean: 백문불여일견 (百聞不如一見, baengmunburyeoilgyeon)
→ Vietnamese: bách văn bất như nhất kiến (百聞不如一見)

Korean

Hanja in this term
百	聞	不	如	一	見

Proverb

百聞不如一見 • (baengmunburyeoilgyeon) (hangeul 백문불여일견)

Hanja form^? of 백문불여일견 (“seeing is believing”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
百	聞	不	如	一	見

Idiom

百聞不如一見

Hán tự form of bách văn bất như nhất kiến (“seeing is believing”).

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