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 | ||
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simp. and trad. (看看) |
看 | 看 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hon3 hon3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-khon
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-khon
- Hakka Romanization System: kon kon
- Hagfa Pinyim: kon4 kon4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
看看
- to glance at; to take a quick look at
- to have a look-see
- to examine and survey
- to visit or to call on
- to see the sights
- to thumb through (a book, etc.)
Adverb
(deprecated template usage) 看看
- placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggestion, interchangeable with 看一下
- (colloquial) pretty soon
Usage notes
If the verb is a reduplicated monosyllabic verb, use 看 instead: e.g., 試試看, 嘗嘗看.
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