看望

看望

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	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (看望)		看	望
simp. #(看望)		看	望

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànwàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ mong⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-mong
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khàn-bōng / khòaⁿ-bōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): toin² mo⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànwàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànwàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-wang⁴
    • Yale: kàn-wàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannwanq
    • Palladius: каньван (kanʹvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ mong⁶
    • Yale: hon mohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ mong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ mong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ mɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-mong
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon mong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ moŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarnbong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarbong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: toin² mo⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thóiⁿ mō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰõĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ mo¹¹/

Verb

看望

1. to visit; to see (e.g. family, a patient, etc.)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 看望

串 (chuàn) (literary, or in compounds) 坐人家 (Xiang) 坐尞 (Hakka) 拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite) 探望 (tànwàng) 瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial) 上門／上门 (shàngmén) 串門／串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial) 串門子／串门子 (chuàn ménzi) 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (formal) 拜訪／拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite)

探問／探问 (tànwèn) 探視／探视 (tànshì) 探親／探亲 (tànqīn) (to visit one's relatives or spouse) 探訪／探访 (tànfǎng) 登門／登门 (dēngmén) 省親／省亲 (xǐngqīn) (literary, to visit one's parents or elders) 訪問／访问 (fǎngwèn) 走訪／走访 (zǒufǎng) 造訪／造访 (zàofǎng) 過／过 (guò)