看
Meaning
- to see; to look at
- to read
- to watch
Example sentence
我想看看。
I want to have a little look.
The character 看
看 is a hand raised over 目, an eye, shading it to see further. To look, to read (看书), to watch (看电视), to visit — 看病 is to see a doctor — and 看见 and 看到 report what the looking found.
Words containing 看
- 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking
- 看病 kàn bìng to visit a doctor
- 看到 kàn dào to see
- 看见 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of
- 看法 kàn fǎ way of looking at a thing
- 难看 nán kàn ugly
- 观看 guān kàn to watch; to view
- 看起来 kàn qǐ lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 看上去 kàn shang qu it would appear
- 收看 shōu kàn to watch (a TV program)
- 看不起 kàn bu qǐ to look down upon
- 看来 kàn lai apparently
- 看望 kàn wàng to pay a visit to; to see (sb)