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HSK
to see / to catch sight of
HSK 1
to see
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *看* | 看* | *看
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
HSK 1
to visit a doctor / to see a patient
HSK 1
way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
it would appear / it seems (that)
HSK 3
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
to look down upon / to despise
HSK 4
apparently / it seems that
HSK 4
to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
HSK 4
to regard as
HSK 5
to look upon; to regard
HSK 5
to make out / to see
HSK 5
can see / visible
HSK 6
to regard as having good prospects
HSK 6
to look upon as / to regard as
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *看* | 看* | *看
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
HSK 6
to look after
HSK 6
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
it seems / it looks as if
HSK 7-9
to have a preference for / to fancy / to choose after consideration / to settle on
HSK 7-9
to nurse / to look after / to watch over / (old) hospital nurse
HSK 7-9
to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are
HSK 7-9
to regard as important; to value
HSK 7-9
terrace / spectator's grandstand / viewing platform
HSK 7-9
to look as if; to seem
HSK 7-9
can see / can tell
HSK 7-9
billboard
to watch over
to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon
(idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun); to become disillusioned with human society
to see clearly
to keep an eye on
to look upon / to take a fancy to / to fall for
can't discern
to read / to study
to understand what one is reading or watching
see through (a person, scheme, trick etc)
to watch a play / to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)
bull market (prices appear to be rising)
to misinterpret what one sees or reads / to misjudge (sb) / to mistake (sb for sb else) / to misread (a document)
to understand thoroughly / to see beyond the facade / to see through (sb)
detention center
to guard / to watch over
cannot bear to see / to hate / to dislike / to disapprove
to see through / disillusioned with / to reject (the world of mortals)
qualities that make sth worth seeing (or reading)
to come to accept an unpleasant fact / to get over sth / to cheer up
to observe and make sure / to check
to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself
to gape at / to stare blankly / to stare in rapture / to stare in awe
to follow sb's example / to emulate / (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation)
to do as one sees fit / to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
to belittle / to scorn / to take sth lightly
to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features
to look after the house / (of skill, ability) special / outstanding
cannot stand by idly and watch / unable to put up with it any longer / see 看不過去|看不过去
(old) (used by novelists) dear readers; (used by storytellers) dear audience members
to regard as / to look upon as
to have a low opinion of
to detain / to take into custody / to imprison temporarily
to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)
to regard as unimportant / to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc) / (of an economy or a market) to slacken
erhua variant of 看得過|看得过
unable to make sense of what one is looking at
cannot see / cannot be seen / invisible
depending on the situation
audience; spectators; onlookers
to watch a movie
highlight (of an event, movie etc)
unfamiliar
janitor / watchman
unpleasant to the eye / objectionable
to observe; to take it all in
watchman
to have a look
cannot stand by idly and watch / unable to put up with it any longer
to watch for an opportunity / to see one's chance to
not impressed by
to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball!
not able to see clearly
(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom) / not to treat everyone equally favorably
dear reader / dear listener
(in the expression 看在 + ... + 的份上) for the sake of ...; considering ...
to take a liking for / to fancy
presentable / passable
to be used to the sight of
to be dazzled / to not believe one's own eyes
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
to stand by and pay no heed / to ignore
(of a doctor) to see a patient; to give a consultation / (of a patient) to see a doctor
to expect (a currency etc) to depreciate
to make an error of judgment / to be taken in
a bird-watcher


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