| 1 | 鉴定 | 鑑定 | jiàn dìng | jian4 ding4 | to appraise; to identify; to evaluate | | |
| 2 | 借鉴 | 借鑒 | jiè jiàn | jie4 jian4 | to draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things); lesson to be learned (by observing others) | | |
| 3 | 鉴别 | 鑑別 | jiàn bié | jian4 bie2 | to differentiate; to distinguish | | |
| 4 | 鉴于 | 鑒於 | jiàn yú | jian4 yu2 | in view of; seeing that; considering; whereas | | |
| 5 | 鉴赏 | 鑑賞 | jiàn shǎng | jian4 shang3 | to appreciate (as a connoisseur) | | |
| 6 | 鉴证 | 鑑證 | jiàn zhèng | jian4 zheng4 | appraisal; verification; authentication; forensic investigation | | |
| 7 | 鉴黄 | 鑑黃 | jiàn huáng | jian4 huang2 | to inspect videos and other media for pornographic content | | |
| 8 | 鉴黄师 | 鑑黃師 | jiàn huáng shī | jian4 huang2 shi1 | content moderator specializing in pornographic material (both online and offline) | | |
| 9 | 鉴价 | 鑑價 | jiàn jià | jian4 jia4 | to appraise; appraisal; valuation | | |
| 10 | 年鉴 | 年鑑 | nián jiàn | nian2 jian4 | annual report; yearbook; almanac | | |
| 11 | 龙龛手鉴 | 龍龕手鑑 | lóng kān shǒu jiàn | Long2 kan1 Shou3 jian4 | Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical | | |
| 12 | 鉴真和尚 | 鑒真和尚 | jiàn zhēn hé shang | Jian4 zhen1 he2 shang5 | Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism | | |
| 13 | 鉴真 | 鑒真 | jiàn zhēn | Jian4 zhen1 | Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism | | |
| 14 | 鉴往知来 | 鑒往知來 | jiàn wǎng zhī lái | jian4 wang3 zhi1 lai2 | to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come | | |
| 15 | 鉴识 | 鑑識 | jiàn shí | jian4 shi2 | to identify; to detect | | |
| 16 | 鉴赏家 | 鑒賞家 | jiàn shǎng jiā | jian4 shang3 jia1 | connoisseur; appreciative person; fan | | |
| 17 | 鉴戒 | 鑒戒 | jiàn jiè | jian4 jie4 | lesson from events of the past; warning | | |
| 18 | DNA鉴定 | DNA鑒定 | d n a jiàn dìng | D N A jian4 ding4 | DNA test; DNA testing; DNA test; DNA testing | | |
| 19 | 鉴定委员会 | 鑒定委員會 | jiàn dìng wěi yuán huì | jian4 ding4 wei3 yuan2 hui4 | evaluation committee; review board | | |
| 20 | 鉴定师 | 鑑定師 | jiàn dìng shī | jian4 ding4 shi1 | Appraiser | | |
| 21 | 资治通鉴 | 資治通鑒 | zī zhì tōng jiàn | Zi1 zhi4 Tong1 jian4 | A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls | | |
| 22 | 后车之鉴 | 後車之鑒 | hòu chē zhī jiàn | hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4 | lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart; fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy | | |
| 23 | 国家文物鉴定委员会 | 國家文物鑒定委員會 | guó jiā wén wù jiàn dìng wěi yuán huì | Guo2 jia1 Wen2 wu4 Jian4 ding4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4 | National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage | | |
| 24 | 洞鉴 | 洞鑒 | dòng jiàn | dong4 jian4 | to examine deeply; to inspect closely | | |
| 25 | 德法年鉴 | 德法年鑒 | dé fǎ nián jiàn | De2 Fa3 Nian2 jian4 | Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical Arnold Ruge) | | |