Japanese Word Entry

聞くと見るとは大違い
Kana:きくとみるとはおおちがい
Romaji:kikutomirutohaoochigai
Definition: don't believe everything you hear, seeing is believing, to have heard of is not to have seen

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Chinese characters used in this word

hear, ask, listen, smell, make known, news
Readings
Mandarin: ㄨㄣˊ (wén), ㄨㄣˋ (wèn)
Cantonese: man4
Japanese: ブン (bun)、 モン (mon) / き.く (kiku)、 き.こえる (kikoeru)、 きこえ (kikoe)
Korean: 문 (mun)
Vietnamese: văn, vấn, vặn
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible, observe, behold, perceive, Kangxi radical 147
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ (jiàn), ㄒㄧㄢˋ (xiàn)
Cantonese: gin3
Japanese: ケン (ken) / み.る (miru)、 み.える (mieru)、 み.せる (miseru)、 まみえる (mamieru)
Korean: 견 (gyeon), 현 (hyeon)
Vietnamese: kiến, hiện
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

large, big, great, vast, high
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄚˋ (dà), ㄉㄞˋ (dài), ㄊㄞˋ (tài)
Cantonese: daai6
Japanese: ダイ (dai)、 タイ (tai)、 タ (ta) / おお- (oo-)、 おお.きい (ookii)、 -おお.いに (-ooini)、 はじめ (hajime)、 おおいに (ooini)
Korean: 대 (dae), 다 (da), 태 (tae)
Vietnamese: đại, thái

difference, differ, disobey, violate, defy, be apart from
Readings
Mandarin: ㄨㄟˊ (wéi), ㄏㄨㄟˊ (huí)
Cantonese: wai4
Japanese: イ (i) / ちが.う (chigau)、 ちが.い (chigai)、 ちが.える (chigaeru)、 -ちが.える (-chigaeru)、 たが.う (tagau)、 たが.える (tagaeru)、 よこしま (yokoshima)
Korean: 위 (wi)
Vietnamese: vi
Variants
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