窥见

窺見
kuījiàn
verb #39,459

Meanings

  1. 1 to catch a glimpse of
  2. 2 to perceive; to get a sense of

Examples

HSK 7-9
Cóng ménfèng lǐ, tā kuījiàn wū lǐ yǒu rén.
Through the crack in the door he glimpsed someone inside the room.
HSK 7-9
Cóng zhèxiē shūxìn zhōng, kěyǐ kuījiàn zuòzhě dāngshí de xīnjìng.
From these letters we can glimpse the author's state of mind at the time.

Tips

usage
Mostly figurative in writing: through a small piece of evidence you 窥见 a person's thoughts or the life of a period, as in 窥见一斑 'to see one spot of the leopard'. 窥 on its own means to peep.

Stroke Order

窥 kuī
见 jiàn