耳聞目見

Chinese

		to hear about	to see for oneself
trad. (耳聞目見)		耳聞	目見
simp. (耳闻目见)		耳闻	目见

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrwénmùjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrwénmùjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrwúnmùjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-wên²-mu⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: ěr-wén-mù-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelwenmuhjiann
    • Palladius: эрвэньмуцзянь (ervɛnʹmuczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyiX mjun mjuwk kenH

Rime
Character	耳	聞	目	見
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	明 (4)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	文 (59)	東 (4)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	IV
Fanqie	而止切	無分切	莫六切	古電切
Baxter	nyiX	mjun	mjuwk	kenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨX/	/mɨun/	/mɨuk̚/	/kenH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨX/	/miun/	/miuk̚/	/kenH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑieX/	/miuən/	/miuk̚/	/kɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨX/	/mun/	/muwk̚/	/kɛnH/
Li Rong	/ȵiəX/	/miuən/	/miuk̚/	/kenH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭəX/	/mĭuən/	/mĭuk̚/	/kienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑiX/	/mi̯uən/	/mi̯uk̚/	/kienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ěr	wén	mù	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji5	man4	muk6	gin3

Idiom

耳聞目見

1. to hear with one's ears and see with one's eyes; to personally see and hear

   • 工人們，農人們，全國被軍閥和外力壓迫的同胞們！二月七日長辛店和漢口的大慘殺，你們已經耳聞目見或身歷其境了。 [MSC, trad.]
     工人们，农人们，全国被军阀和外力压迫的同胞们！二月七日长辛店和汉口的大惨杀，你们已经耳闻目见或身历其境了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1923, 《中国共产党为吴佩孚惨杀京汉路工告工人阶级与国民》

     Gōngrénmen, nóngrénmen, quánguó bèi jūnfá hé wàilì yāpò de tóngbāomen! Èr yuè qī rì Chángxīndiàn hé Hànkǒu de dàcǎnshā, nǐmen yǐjīng ěrwénmùjiàn huò shēnlìqíjìng le. [Pinyin]

     Workers, peasants, fellow countrypeople who are oppressed by warlords and foreign powers! You might have heard about, seen, or even personally faced the massacre which took place in Changxindian and Hankou on 7 February.

Synonyms

• 耳聞目睹／耳闻目睹 (ěrwénmùdǔ)