看 kàn
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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) -
kàn
verb
to visit
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (XHZD '看' 3, p. 384) -
kàn
verb
to examine [a patient]
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '看'; XHZD '看' 4, p. 384) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
kàn
verb
to oberve
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (XHZD '看' 2, p. 384) -
kàn
verb
to take care of; to protect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Krol 2015 '看' 3, p. 323684)
Contained in
- 看走眼 to make an error of judgment; to be taken in
- 看守者 watchman
- 杀鸡给猴看(殺雞給猴看) to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; to make an example of somebody (by punishment) to frighten others
- 看不顺眼(看不順眼) unpleasant to the eye; objectionable
- 看上去 it would appear; it seems (that)
- 看错(看錯) to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for somebody else); to misread (a document)
- 察看 to observe; to look carefully
- 看作 to look upon as; to regard as
- 秒看 to take in at a glance
- 不好看 unsightly ; embarrassed
- 看顾(看顧) to watch over
- 照看 to take care of
- 看得中 to take a liking for; to fancy
- 看出 to make out; to see
- 看风使舵(看風使舵) to see the wind and steer accordingly
- 看清 to see clearly
- 走马看花(走馬看花) flower viewing from horseback; superficial understanding from cursory observation
- 看开(看開) to come to accept an unpleasant fact; to get over something; to cheer up
- 看得过儿(看得過兒) passable
- 看不起 to look down upon; to despise
- 看守所 detention center
- 看透 to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (somebody)
- 看望 to visit
- 看上 to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for
- 小看 to look down on; to underestimate
- 看呆 to gape at; to stare blankly; to stare in rapture; to stare in awe
- 观看(觀看) to watch; to view
- 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
- 看不出 can't see; can't make out; unable to tell
- 踏看 to investigate on the spot
- 狗眼看人低 to act like a snob
- 探看 to visit; to go to see what's going on
- 看淡 to regard as unimportant; to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc)
- 雾里看花(霧里看花) to look at flowers in the fog; blurred vision
- 看涨(看漲) bull market
- 看着办(看著辦) to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
- 看头(看頭) qualities that make something worth seeing (or reading)
- 看不过去(看不過去) cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer
- 看法 way of looking at a thing; view; opinion
- 在我看 in my opinion; in my view
- 矮子看戏(矮子看戲) a dwarf watches a play; praising with inadequate knowledge
- 看承 to regard ; to mistakenly think
- 看管 to look after
- 看板 billboard
- 看看 to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- 轻看(輕看) to look down upon
- 看书(看書) to read; to study
- 看完 finished reading
- 看好 finished reading
- 看情况(看情況) depending on the situation
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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
- 第九十七回 Chapter 97 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 28
- 第二回 Chapter 97 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 27
Collocations
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 看视 (看視) 無看視門戶 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十四 列女傳 Volume 84: Biographies of Exemplary Women — count: 2
- 看女 (看女) 敬弘嘗往何氏看女 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十六 列傳第二十六 王敬弘 何尚之 Volume 66 Biographies 26: Wang Jinghong, He Shangzhi — 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
- 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