看看

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 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
simp. and trad. (看看)		看	看

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànkàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ hon³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-khon
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànkàn → kànkan (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ → ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄎㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànkån
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-kʻan⁵
    • Yale: kàn-kan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann.kann
    • Palladius: канькань (kanʹkanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/ → /kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ hon³
    • Yale: hon hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ hon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-khon
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon kon
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ kon⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-khuànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarqvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/

Verb

看看

1. to glance at; to take a quick look at
2. to have a look-see
3. to examine and survey
4. to visit or to call on
5. to see the sights
6. to thumb through (a book, etc.)

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 看看

1. placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggestion, interchangeable with 看一下

   打電話給他看看。 [MSC, trad.]
   打电话给他看看。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dǎ diànhuà gěi tā kànkàn. [Pinyin]

   Try calling him.

2. (colloquial) pretty soon

Usage notes

If the verb is a reduplicated monosyllabic verb, use 看 instead: e.g., 試試看, 嘗嘗看.