# 見聞
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiànwén
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gin$^3$ man$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-bûn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiànwén
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiànwún
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^4$-wên$^2$
*** Yale: jyàn-wén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannwen
*** Palladius: цзяньвэнь (czjanʹvɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ wən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gin$^3$ man$^6$
*** Yale: gin mahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gin$^3$ man$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gin$^3$ men$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːn³³ mɐn²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-bûn
*** Tâi-lô: kiàn-bûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiernbuun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ bun¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ bun²³/

### Noun

見聞
* what one has seen and heard; personal experience; knowledge; information

#### Synonyms

* 學問／学问 (xuéwèn)
* 心得 (xīndé) (knowledge gained)
* 所知 (suǒzhī) (literary)
* 智識／智识 (zhìshí) (literary, or Min Nan and Cantonese)
* 知識／知识
* 聞見／闻见 (wénjiàn) (literary)
* 見識／见识 (jiànshí)
* 認識／认识
* 識見／识见 (shíjiàn) (literary)

#### Derived terms

* 增廣見聞／增广见闻
* 見聞廣博／见闻广博
* 見聞習染／见闻习染

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 見 | 聞 |
| けん Grade: 1 | ぶん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
Appears to be a Japanese coinage from Sinitic components, as a compound of 見 (ken, “seeing”) +‎ 聞 (bun, “hearing”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) けんぶん [kèńbúń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kẽ̞mbɯ̟̃ɴ]

#### Noun

見(けん)聞(ぶん) • (kenbun)
* looking and listening, seeing and hearing
* experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard
    見聞(けんぶん)を広(ひろ)める
       kenbun o hiromeru
       to broaden one's experience or knowledge

##### Synonyms

* (looking and listening): 見聞き (みきき, ​mikiki)
* (experience in general): 経験 (けいけん, ​keiken)
* (a specific experience): 体験 (たいけん, ​taiken)

##### Derived terms

* 見聞記(けんぶんき) (kenbunki, “a record of personal experiences”)
* 見聞録(けんぶんろく) (kenbunroku, “a record of personal experiences”)

#### Verb

見(けん)聞(ぶん)する • (kenbun suru) transitive suru (stem 見(けん)聞(ぶん)し (kenbun shi), past 見(けん)聞(ぶん)した (kenbun shita))
* to observe, to experience, to see and hear

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 見聞し | けんぶんし | kenbun shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 見聞し | けんぶんし | kenbun shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 見聞する | けんぶんする | kenbun suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 見聞する | けんぶんする | kenbun suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 見聞すれ | けんぶんすれ | kenbun sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 見聞せよ¹ 見聞しろ² | けんぶんせよ¹ けんぶんしろ² | kenbun seyo¹ kenbun shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 見聞される | けんぶんされる | kenbun sareru |
| Causative | 見聞させる 見聞さす | けんぶんさせる けんぶんさす | kenbun saseru kenbun sasu |
| Potential | 見聞できる | けんぶんできる | kenbun dekiru |
| Volitional | 見聞しよう | けんぶんしよう | kenbun shiyō |
| Negative | 見聞しない | けんぶんしない | kenbun shinai |
| Negative continuative | 見聞せず | けんぶんせず | kenbun sezu |
| Formal | 見聞します | けんぶんします | kenbun shimasu |
| Perfective | 見聞した | けんぶんした | kenbun shita |
| Conjunctive | 見聞して | けんぶんして | kenbun shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 見聞すれば | けんぶんすれば | kenbun sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

##### Synonyms

* (to look and listen): 見聞き (みきき, ​mikiki)
* (to experience in general): 経験 (けいけん, ​keiken)
* (to have a specific experience): 体験 (たいけん, ​taiken)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 見 | 聞 |
| けん Grade: 1 | もん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
Alteration from kenbun, using the go'on reading for 聞.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) けんもん [kèńmóń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]

#### Noun

見(けん)聞(もん) • (kenmon)
* looking and listening, seeing and hearing
* experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard

##### Derived terms

* 見聞覚知 (けんもんかくち, ​kenmon kakuchi): (Buddhism) seeing and hearing and remembering and knowing: the six forms of awareness (the five senses plus the mind)
* 見聞衆 (けんもんしゅ, ​kenmonshu): a spectator, an onlooker, someone watching and listening

### Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 見聞 – see the following entry. :
| 【見聞みきき】 | [noun] looking and listening, seeing and hearing [noun] experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard [verb] to look and listen, to observe, to experience |
(This term, 見聞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN