觀象

Chinese

		to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (觀象)		觀	象
simp. (观象)		观	象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guansiàng
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: gwān-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshianq
    • Palladius: гуаньсян (guanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

Verb

觀象

1. (literary) to study and observe celestial phenomena
2. (literary) to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after; to imitate

Synonyms

• (to follow the example of):

• 仿效 (fǎngxiào)
• 仿照 (fǎngzhào)
• 仿行 (fǎngxíng)
• 取法 (qǔfǎ)
• 宗法 (zōngfǎ)
• 師匠／师匠 (shījiàng) (literary)
• 師法／师法 (shīfǎ) (literary)
• 憲法／宪法 (xiànfǎ) (Classical Chinese)
• 憲章／宪章 (xiànzhāng) (Classical Chinese)
• 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
• 效尤 (xiàoyóu) (literary, to mimic wrongdoing)
• 效法 (xiàofǎ)
• 模仿 (mófǎng)
• 步武 (bùwǔ) (literary)
• 法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
• 視／视 (shì) (archaic)
• 範圍／范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
• 遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 觀象臺／观象台 (guānxiàngtái)