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看Polyphone (多音字)HSK 1
Total strokes: 9; Radical: 目
Ideographic:Shielding one's eyes 目 with a hand 手 to look to the distance
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1
Pinyin: kàn
English Definition:to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (an illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after verb) to give it a try; Watch out! (for a danger)
Chinese Definition:
①使视线接触人或物：看见。看书。看齐。
②观察，判断：看病。观看。看好(根据市场情况，估计某种商品好销)。看透(透彻深刻地了解或认识。亦称“看破”、“看穿”)。看风使舵。
③访问，拜望：看望。看朋友。
④照应，对待：看重(zhòng)。看轻。看待。
⑤想，以为：看法。
⑥先试试以观察它的结果：做做看。
⑦提防，小心：别跑，看摔着。
⑧安排：看茶。看酒。看座。
Example Words:
看见HSK 1 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of
看法HSK 4 kàn fǎ way of looking at a thing; view; opinion; Classifiers: 个
观看 guān kàn to watch; to view
看望HSK 5 kàn wàng to visit; to pay a call to
好看HSK 1 hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated
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2
Pinyin: kān
English Definition:to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
Chinese Definition:
①守护，监视：看护。看押。看门。看青(看守正在结实还未成熟的庄稼)。
Example Words:
看守 kān shǒu to guard; to watch over
看护 kān hù to nurse; to look after; to watch over; (old) hospital nurse
看守所 kān shǒu suǒ detention center
看管 kān guǎn to look after
看家HSK 1 kān jiā to look after the house; (of skill, ability) special; outstanding
More:看* | *看 | *看*
Example Sentences
1
tā
他
kàn diàn yǐng
看电影
。
He watches movies.
2
huí tóu
回头
kàn
看
yì yǎn
一眼
Look back for a second.
3
nǐ
你
xiǎng
想
kàn
看
shén me
什么
？
What do you want to watch?
4
wǒ xǐ huān
我喜欢
kàn diàn shì
看电视
。
I like to watch TV.
5
wǒ xǐ huān
我喜欢
kàn diàn yǐng
看电影
。
I like watching movies.
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