百聞不如一見

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See also: 百闻不如一见

Chinese

		hundred	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (百聞不如一見)		百	聞	不如	一	見
simp. (百闻不如一见)		百	闻	不如	一	见
Literally: “Hearing something one hundred times is not as good as seeing it once.”

Etymology

From Zhao Chongguo in the 69^th chapter of the Book of Han:

百聞不如一見。兵難隃度，臣願馳至金城，圖上方略。

百闻不如一见。兵难隃度，臣愿驰至金城，图上方略。

From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

Bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn. Bīng nán yú dù, chén yuàn chí zhì jīnchéng, tú shàng fānglüè.

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ man⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ jat¹ gin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎi wún bùrú yi jiàn
  - Wade–Giles: pai³ wên² pu⁴-ju² i¹ chien⁴
  - Yale: bǎi wén bù-rú yī jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bae wen buru i jiann
  - Palladius: бай вэнь бужу и цзянь (baj vɛnʹ bužu i czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ man⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ jat¹ gin³
  - Yale: baak màhn bāt yùh yāt gin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ man⁴ bat⁷ jy⁴ jat⁷ gin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ men⁴ bed¹ yu⁴ yed¹ gin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ mɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ jɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³/

Proverb

百聞不如一見

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (百聞不如一見):

→ Korean: 백문불여일견(百聞不如一見) (baengmunburyeoilgyeon)

Others:

→ Japanese: 百聞(ひゃくぶん)は一見(いっけん)に如(し)かず (hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu) (calque)
→ Russian: лу́чше оди́н раз уви́деть, чем сто раз услы́шать (lúčše odín raz uvídetʹ, čem sto raz uslýšatʹ) (calque)
→ Vietnamese: trăm nghe không bằng mắt thấy (calque)

Korean

Hanja in this term
百	聞	不	如	一	見

Proverb

百聞不如一見 • (baengmunburyeoilgyeon) (hangeul 백문불여일견)

hanja form^? of 백문불여일견 (“seeing is believing”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
百	聞	不	如	一	見

Noun

百聞不如一見

chữ Hán form of Bách văn bất như nhất kiến (“trăm nghe không bằng mắt thấy”)

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