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

• 看不懂 unable to make sense of what one is looking at
• 看取 moreover, look ; to look
• 看不见(看不見) cannot see
• 连连看(連連看) pattern matching (puzzle game)
• 请看(請看) please see
• 看倌 dear reader; dear listener
• 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
• 眼看 soon ; to watch helplessly
• 看得过儿(看得過兒) passable
• 看重 to regard as important; to care about
• 查看 to look over; to examine; to check
• 可看 worth seeing
• 中看 pleasant to the eye; Taiwan pr. [zhong4 kan4]
• 看管 to look after
• 依我看 in my opinion
• 想想看 to think about it
• 看破 to see through
• 看法 way of looking at a thing; view; opinion
• 看做 to regard as; to look upon as
• 看鸟人(看鳥人) a bird-watcher
• 看中 to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on
• 看准机会(看準機會) to watch for an opportunity; to see one's chance to
• 看球 to watch a football game (or other ball game); Fore! (golf); Watch out for the ball!
• 要看 it depends on...
• 看上 to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for
• 看穿 see through
• 雾里看花(霧里看花) to look at flowers in the fog; blurred vision
• 看懂 to understand what one is reading or watching
• 看守所 detention center
• 看看 to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
• 参看(參看) see also; please refer to; confer (cf.); to consult for reference
• 在我看来(在我看來) in my opinion
• 正向前看 look-ahead assertion
• 看顾(看顧) to watch over
• 走马看花(走馬看花) flower viewing from horseback; superficial understanding from cursory observation
• 活动看板(活動看板) calendar of events
• 一眼看穿 to see through something at first glance
• 照看 to take care of
• 看门人(看門人) janitor; watchman
• 看人下菜碟儿(看人下菜碟兒) to treat somebody according to their social status, relationship with them etc
• 看板 billboard
• 看齐(看齊) to follow somebody's example; to emulate; (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation)
• 看花眼 to be dazzled; to not believe one's own eyes
• 百看不厌(百看不厭) to never get tired of looking at something
• 看作 to look upon as; to regard as
• 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)
• 狗眼看人低 to act like a snob
• 依我来看(依我來看) as I see it; in my opinion
• 好看 good-looking ; brilliant ; pay attention to

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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
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 29
• 第四回 Chapter 4 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
• 第四十二回 Chapter 42 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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: 4
• 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
• 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