看透

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	to penetrate; thorough; penetrating to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce
trad. (看透)		看	透
simp. #(看透)		看	透

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàntòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄊㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ tau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-theu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàntòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄊㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàntòu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-tʻou⁴
    • Yale: kàn-tòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanntow
    • Palladius: каньтоу (kanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ tau³
    • Yale: hon tau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ tau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ teo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ tʰɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-theu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon teu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ teu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ tʰeu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

看透

1. to understand thoroughly; to gain insight into; to see through (recognize someone's true motives or character)

Synonyms

• 勘破 (kānpò) (literary)
• 參透／参透 (cāntòu)
• 看清 (kànqīng)
• 看破 (kànpò)
• 看穿 (kànchuān)
• 睇穿 (tai² cyun¹) (Cantonese)
• 窺破／窥破 (kuīpò)
• 識破／识破 (shípò)