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Mandarin · pinyin kān#

Meanings · kān

  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
Mandarin · pinyin kàn#

Meanings · kàn

  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
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kàn · look, see; examine, scrutinize
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1 · kan1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hon1 · hon3

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to look; to see; to watch
  2. (transitive) to read
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, transitive) to observe; to check
  4. (transitive) to visit; to call on
  5. to think; to feel (that)
  6. to consider; to regard as; to treat like
  7. to depend on
  8. to treat (a patient or sickness)
  9. Used to indicate the potential mood.
  10. placed after a verb (often reduplicated) or a verb phrase to indicate a trial

character · Etymology 1

  1. to look after; to take care of; to tend; to keep an eye on

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Teochew) alternative form of 睇

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看 · kan1 · kan4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 78,248, 78,249
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Exact source records看 看 [kan1] /to look after/to take care of/to watch/to guard/看 看 [kan4] /to 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/to feel (that)/(after a verb) to give it a try/to watch out for/