通觀

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (通觀)		通	觀
simp. (通观)		通	观

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongguan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: tūng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongguan
    • Palladius: тунгуань (tunguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ gun¹
    • Yale: tūng gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

通觀

1. to take an overall view; to look at from all sides

   通觀全局／通观全局  ―  tōngguān quánjú  ―  to take a comprehensive view of the entire situation

   • 庸俗的事務主義家不是這樣，他們尊重經驗而看輕理論，因而不能通觀客觀過程的全體，缺乏明確的方針，沒有遠大的前途，沾沾自喜於一得之功和一孔之見。 [MSC, trad.]
     庸俗的事务主义家不是这样，他们尊重经验而看轻理论，因而不能通观客观过程的全体，缺乏明确的方针，没有远大的前途，沾沾自喜于一得之功和一孔之见。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yōngsú de shìwùzhǔyìjiā bùshì zhèyàng, tāmen zūnzhòng jīngyàn ér kànqīng lǐlùn, yīn'ér bùnéng tōngguān kèguān guòchéng de quántǐ, quēfá míngquè de fāngzhēn, méiyǒu yuǎndà de qiántú, zhānzhānzìxǐ yú yīdézhīgōng hé yīkǒngzhījiàn. [Pinyin]

     As against this, vulgar “practical people” respect experience but despise theory, and therefore cannot have a comprehensive view of an entire objective process, lack clear direction and long-range perspective, and are complacent over occasional successes and glimpses of the truth.