看 kàn

1. kàn verb to see; to look
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 看 is a transitive verb where the object is the thing seen. For example, 看东西模糊 'could not see things clearly.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 10; Kroll 2015 '看' 1, p. 236; Sun 2006, loc. 1771; Unihan '看'; XHZD '看' 1, p. 384)
2. kàn verb to visit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (XHZD '看' 3, p. 384)
3. kàn verb to examine [a patient]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '看'; XHZD '看' 4, p. 384)
4. kàn verb to regard; to consider
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '看' 1a, p. 236; Unihan '看'; XHZD '看' 5, p. 384)
5. kàn verb to watch out; to look out for
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '看' 2, p. 236; XHZD '看' 7, p. 384)
6. kàn verb to try and see the result
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Used after a verb (XHZD '看' 6, p. 384)
7. kàn verb to oberve
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (XHZD '看' 2, p. 384)
8. kàn verb to take care of; to protect
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Krol 2015 '看' 3, p. 323684)

Contained in

• 连连看(連連看) pattern matching (puzzle game)
• 内行看门道，外行看热闹(內行看門道，外行看熱鬧) while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show
• 看作 to look upon as; to regard as
• 看不见(看不見) cannot see
• 百看不厌(百看不厭) to never get tired of looking at something
• 看取 moreover, look ; to look
• 在我看 in my opinion; in my view
• 看齐(看齊) to follow somebody's example; to emulate; (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation)
• 中看不中用 impressive-looking but useless
• 不好看 unsightly ; embarrassed
• 你看着办吧(你看著辦吧) You figure it out for yourself.; Do as you please.
• 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣(看菜吃飯，量體裁衣) eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body; to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure; to act according to actual circumstances
• 看不出 can't see; can't make out; unable to tell
• 想想看 to think about it
• 看风使舵(看風使舵) to see the wind and steer accordingly
• 看走眼 to make an error of judgment; to be taken in
• 看台 terrace; spectator's grandstand; viewing platform
• 收看 to watch
• 偷看 to peep; to peek; to steal a glance
• 看头(看頭) qualities that make something worth seeing (or reading)
• 据我看(據我看) in my view; in my opinion; from what I can see
• 中看 pleasant to the eye; Taiwan pr. [zhong4 kan4]
• 看不惯(看不慣) cannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike; to disapprove
• 看笑话(看笑話) to watch with amusement as somebody makes a fool of himself
• 吃着碗里，看着锅里(吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡) eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl; not content with what one already has
• 猛一看 at first glance; first impression
• 看人下菜碟儿(看人下菜碟兒) to treat somebody according to their social status, relationship with them etc
• 打狗还得看主人(打狗還得看主人) when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master
• 相看 to look at each other ; to examine; to observe
• 看开(看開) to come to accept an unpleasant fact; to get over something; to cheer up
• 爱情连连看(愛情連連看) Aiqing Lian Lian Kan
• 看错(看錯) to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for somebody else); to misread (a document)
• 正向前看 look-ahead assertion
• 看扁 to have a low opinion of
• 看情况(看情況) depending on the situation
• 看不中 not impressed by
• 看官 dear reader; dear listener
• 高看 to attach importance to something; to value
• 狗眼看人低 to act like a snob
• 走马看花(走馬看花) flower viewing from horseback; superficial understanding from cursory observation
• 看完 finished reading
• 难看(難看) ugly; unsightly ; disgraceful
• 看重 to regard as important; to care about
• 看书(看書) to read; to study
• 看一看 to have a look
• 另眼相看 to see in a new light
• 看轻(看輕) to belittle; to scorn; to take something lightly
• 看破红尘(看破紅塵) to see through the world of mortals; disillusioned with human society; to reject the world for a monastic life
• 看守者 watchman
• 矮人看场(矮人看場) a dwarf watches a scene; praising with inadequate knowledge

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看押

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Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 37 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 33
• 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 32
• 第二回 Chapter 84 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 31
• 第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 30
• 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 29
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 29
• 第九十七回 Chapter 97 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 28
• 第二回 Chapter 116 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 28
• 第二回 Chapter 5 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 28
• 第二回 Chapter 97 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 27

Collocations

• 往看 (往看) 其姊往看之 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左下第三十三 Chapter 33: A Collection of Sayings IV — count: 5
• 坐看 (坐看) 公但坐看 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷73 奚康生 楊大眼 崔延伯 Volume 73: Xi Kangsheng, Yang Dayan, Cui Yanbo — count: 5
• 城看 (城看) 龍從南來登城看 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two — count: 4
• 看人 (看人) 然則看人隨時 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十 志第二十 刑法 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law — count: 3
• 看人设 (看人設) 看人設教 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十 志第二十 刑法 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law — count: 3
• 看沙 (看沙) 今日看沙缽略共兒子不異 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷84　列傳第49 北狄 Volume 84 Biographies 49: The Beidi — count: 2
• 看萧 (看蕭) 看蕭公雷汝頭 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷四十四 列傳第二十五 徐孝嗣 沈文季 Volume 44 Biographies 25: Xu Xiaosi, Shen Wenji — count: 2
• 看事 (看事) 卽敕把燭看事 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷三 本紀第三 武帝下 Volume 3: Emperor Wu 3 — count: 2
• 烛看 (燭看) 卽敕把燭看事 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷三 本紀第三 武帝下 Volume 3: Emperor Wu 3 — count: 2
• 看日 (看日) 常看日早晚 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十九 列傳第二十九 劉湛 范曄 Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye — count: 2