kan4 - see

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  • look at; see; read; watch
  • think; consider
  • regard; look; upon
  • visit; call on

kàn-bìng
看病

v.

(of a patient) see a doctor; (of a doctor) treat a patient

kàn bù-qǐ
看不起

v.

look down upon; despise

kàn-dài
看待

v.

treat; regard

kàn-fǎ
看法

n.

view; a way of looking at a thing

kàn-jiàn
看见

v.

see; catch a sight of

kàn-shàng
看上

v.

take a fancy to; settle on

kàn-wàng
看望

v.

visit; call on; see

kàn-zhòng
看重

v.

value; regard as important

kàn-fēng-shǐ-duò
看风使舵
trim one’s sails; change one’s opinion opportunistically

Usage 用法

look at; see; read; watch

Wǒ hěn xǐ-huan kàn diàn-yǐng.
我很喜欢看电影。
I like watching movies.

think; consider

Nǐ duì tā-de zuò-fǎ zěn-me kàn?
你对他的做法怎么看?
How do you think of his behaviour?

regard; look upon

Wǒ bǎ tā kàn-chéng wǒ zuì-hǎo-de péng-you.
我把她看成我最好的朋友。
I regard her as my best friend.

visit; call on

Tā cháng qù kàn yé-ye.
他常去看爷爷。
He often goes to see his grandfather.

(used after a reduplicated form of a verb or verb structure)

Ràng wǒ cháng-chang kàn.
让我尝尝看。
Let me just taste it.