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Chinese

		to change one's opinions completely	to look at each other; to regard; to look upon to look at each other; to regard; to look upon; to consider; to treat
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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāmùxiāngkàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄎㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaat³ muk⁶ soeng¹ hon¹, gwaat³ muk⁶ soeng¹ hon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāmùxiāngkàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄎㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guamùsiangkàn
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹-mu⁴-hsiang¹-kʻan⁴
    • Yale: gwā-mù-syāng-kàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guamuhshiangkann
    • Palladius: гуамусянкань (guamusjankanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaat³ muk⁶ soeng¹ hon¹, gwaat³ muk⁶ soeng¹ hon³
    • Yale: gwaat muhk sēung hōn, gwaat muhk sēung hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaat⁸ muk⁹ soeng¹ hon¹, gwaat⁸ muk⁹ soeng¹ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guad³ mug⁶ sêng¹ hon¹, guad³ mug⁶ sêng¹ hon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːt̚³ mʊk̚² sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːn⁵⁵/, /kʷaːt̚³ mʊk̚² sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːn³³/

Idiom

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1. to be astonished by someone's progress
2. to treat someone with renewed respect