HSK 2 · Meeting & staying

见过

jiàn guò

to have seen

Stroke order of 见过

2 characters, 10 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

见 · 4 strokes 过 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

See 见 plus the 过 of passing by: you have seen it pass.

Parts: 见 see + 过 pass, experienced (walk 辶 + 寸)

The characters in 见过

见 jiàn — to see; to meet (4 strokes)
过 guo — (past experience particle) (6 strokes)

Example sentence

你见过他吗？

Have you ever seen him?

Words with 见

再见goodbye 看见to see 听见to hear 见to see; to meet 见面to meet; to see each other 常见common; commonly seen 意见opinion; complaint 见到to see; to meet 碰见to run into

Words with 过

过(past experience particle)过去the past; to go over 难过sad; upset 不过but; however 超过to exceed; to surpass 过年to celebrate the New Year 走过to walk past 过来to come over 经过to pass; through 通过to pass; by means of 过程process

More words: Meeting & staying

见到to see; to meet 碰到to run into 碰见to run into 留to stay; to keep 留下to stay; to leave behind 分开to separate 占to occupy; to take up 流to flow 气air; to anger 长to grow; head; chief 当to act as; when 才only then; just 提出to put forward 提到to mention 行动action; to act 行为behaviour

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