看書

看書

See also: 看书

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	book; letter
trad. (看書)		看	書
simp. (看书)		看	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ syu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-sû
• Wu (Wiktionary): khoe (T2) + sr (T1); khoe sr (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kànshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄕㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannshu
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ syu¹
    • Yale: hon syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ xu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ ʃyː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ su¹
    • IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ su²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: khoe (T2) + sr (T1); khoe sr (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰø⁴⁴  sz̩⁵³/, /kʰø³³ sz̩⁴⁴/

Verb

看書

1. (intransitive) to read books; to read

   他到圖書館看書去了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他到图书馆看书去了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā dào túshūguǎn kànshū qù le. [Pinyin]

   He went to the library to read books.

2. (intransitive) to read; to study

   他愛看書，但是他最愛看電視。 [MSC, trad.]
   他爱看书，但是他最爱看电视。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā ài kànshū, dànshì tā zuì ài kàn diànshì. [Pinyin]

   He loves to read, but he loves to watch TV the most.