看
Meanings · hon1
- to look after
- to keep watch over
- to keep under surveillance
- to guard
- to regard
- treat as
- to look upon
Meanings · hon3
- to see
- to look at
- to read
- to watch
- to visit
- to call on
- to consider
- to regard as
- to depend on
- to feel (that)
- (after verb) to give it a try
- Watch out! (for a danger)
- to consult a doctor
- to judge
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Mandarin ↔ Cantonese
- Cantonese睇tai2 / dai6↔Mandarin看kàn
Source note
CC-Canto line 30629: Mandarin equivalent: 看kàn [看]
CC-Canto line 30630: Mandarin equivalent: 看kàn [看]
Only equivalences a source states in its own words (“Mandarin equivalent”, “particle equivalent to”). Not a translation table: usage, register and senses can differ.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 看 kān CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- 看 kàn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; …
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: kan4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 12 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hon1 · hon3
Cantonese word readings for 看. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (intransitive, transitive) to look; to see; to watch
- (transitive) to read
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, transitive) to observe; to check
- (transitive) to visit; to call on
- to think; to feel (that)
- to consider; to regard as; to treat like
- to depend on
- to treat (a patient or sickness)
- Used to indicate the potential mood.
- placed after a verb (often reduplicated) or a verb phrase to indicate a trial
character · Etymology 1
- to look after; to take care of; to tend; to keep an eye on
character · Etymology 2
- (Teochew) alternative form of 睇
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