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Radical 109 · 9 strokes

to see; to look at

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MEANING11 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to see; to look at

    用眼睛观察或注视某事物yòng yǎnjing guānchá huò zhùshì mǒu shìwù

    • What are you looking at?

    • He stood by the window looking at the scenery outside.

  2. verb

    to feel (that)

    用眼睛去看东西,或者阅读、理解yòng yǎnjing qù kàn dōngxi,huòzhě yuèdú、lǐjiě

    • I don't think this plan is very feasible.

  3. verb

    to depend on

    用眼睛观察事物;察看yòng yǎnjing guānchá shìwù;chákàn

    • It depends on the circumstances.

    • Whether you succeed depends on your own efforts.

  4. verb

    to watch out for

    用眼睛观察事物yòng yǎnjing guānchá shìwù

    • Look! What is that?

    • When crossing the street, make sure to look both ways.

  5. verb

    to watch

    用眼睛观察、注视事物yòng yǎnjing guānchá、zhùshì shìwù

    • We watched a wonderful movie together last night.

  6. verb

    to consider; to regard as

    认为;觉得rènwéi; juéde

    • I regard him as a friend.

    • Everyone sees her as a genius.

  7. verb

    to visit; to call on

    去见某人;拜访qù jiàn mǒurén;báifǎng

    • I'm going to visit a friend.

    • Let's go visit our grandparents this weekend.

  8. verb

    to treat (a patient or illness)

    医生为病人进行治疗yīshēng wèi bìngrén jìnxíng zhìliáo

    • The doctor is examining the patient.

    • This doctor specializes in treating pediatric patients.

  9. verb

    (after a verb) to give it a try

    用动词后表示尝试或体验yòng dòngcí hòu biǎoshì chángshì huò tǐyàn

    • Try it and see what you think.

    • Go ahead and ask him whether he's coming today.

  10. verb

    to look after

    照顾、维持;用心管理zhàogù、wéichí;yòngxīn guǎnlǐ

    • She is at home watching the children.

    • He looks after his neighbor's dog every day.

  11. 11verb

    to read

    用眼睛阅读文字或书籍yòng yǎnjing yuèdú wénzì huò shūjí

    • I like reading books.

    • She spends an hour reading the newspaper every evening.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Cover your eyes with your hand to see clearly — that is the action of 'looking'.

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