見地

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (見地)		見	地
simp. (见地)		见	地

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàndì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ dei⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-tē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàndì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàndì
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-ti⁴
  - Yale: jyàn-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianndih
  - Palladius: цзяньди (czjanʹdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin³ dei⁶
  - Yale: gin deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ tei̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-tē
  - Tâi-lô: kiàn-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiernde
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/

Noun

見地

insight; judgement; opinion
(literary) existing land

Synonyms

(opinion):

主張 / 主张 (zhǔzhāng)
倡議 / 倡议 (chàngyì)
建議 / 建议 (jiànyì)
意下 (yìxià) (literary)
意思
想法
意見 / 意见 (yìjiàn)
提議 / 提议 (tíyì)
看法 (kànfǎ)
看點 / 看点 (kàndiǎn)
眼光 (yǎnguāng)
睇法 (tai² faat³) (Cantonese)
視角 / 视角 (shìjiǎo)
見解 / 见解 (jiànjiě)
觀點 / 观点 (guāndiǎn)
角度 (jiǎodù)
諗法 / 谂法 (nam² faat³) (Cantonese)
議 / 议 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
見	地
けん Grade: 1	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんち [kéꜜǹchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

見(けん)地(ち) • (kenchi)

point of view, angle (viewpoint)
actually searching at the place itself

Verb

見(けん)地(ち)する • (kenchi suru) suru (stem 見(けん)地(ち)し (kenchi shi), past 見(けん)地(ち)した (kenchi shita))

to search at the location itself

Conjugation

Conjugation of "見地する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	見地し	けんちし	kenchi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	見地し	けんちし	kenchi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	見地する	けんちする	kenchi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	見地する	けんちする	kenchi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	見地すれ	けんちすれ	kenchi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	見地せよ¹ 見地しろ²	けんちせよ¹ けんちしろ²	kenchi seyo¹ kenchi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	見地される	けんちされる	kenchi sareru
Causative	見地させる見地さす	けんちさせるけんちさす	kenchi saseru kenchi sasu
Potential	見地できる	けんちできる	kenchi dekiru
Volitional	見地しよう	けんちしよう	kenchi shiyō
Negative	見地しない	けんちしない	kenchi shinai
Negative continuative	見地せず	けんちせず	kenchi sezu
Formal	見地します	けんちします	kenchi shimasu
Perfective	見地した	けんちした	kenchi shita
Conjunctive	見地して	けんちして	kenchi shite
Hypothetical conditional	見地すれば	けんちすれば	kenchi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“見地”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026