觀賞

觀賞

See also: 观赏

Chinese

		to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	enjoy the beauty of; give; award
trad. (觀賞)		觀	賞
simp. (观赏)		观	赏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānshǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ soeng²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): koan-sióng / koan-siáng / koan-siúⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ sion²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānshǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanshǎng
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-shang³
    • Yale: gwān-shǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshaang
    • Palladius: гуаньшан (guanʹšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ soeng²
    • Yale: gūn séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ soeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ sêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koansiorng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-siáng
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koansiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-siúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-siúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koansviuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiũ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang¹ sion²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang sióⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ sĩõ⁵²/

Verb

觀賞

1. to see and enjoy; to admire the view; to enjoy the sight of; to appreciate the visuals

Synonyms

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欣賞／欣赏 (xīnshǎng) 玩賞／玩赏 (wánshǎng) 觀瞻／观瞻 (guānzhān) (literary) 讚賞／赞赏 (zànshǎng)

賞／赏 (shǎng) (literary, or in compounds) 賞玩／赏玩 (shǎngwán) 賞識／赏识 (shǎngshí) 鑒賞／鉴赏 (jiànshǎng)

Adjective

觀賞

1. (attributive) ornamental (plant, fish, etc.)

   觀賞植物／观赏植物  ―  guānshǎng zhíwù  ―  ornamental plant

   金魚是世界著名三大觀賞魚類之一。 [MSC, trad.]
   金鱼是世界著名三大观赏鱼类之一。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīnyú shì shìjiè zhùmíng sān dà guānshǎng yúlèi zhīyī. [Pinyin]

   The goldfish is one of the three famous kinds of ornamental fish in the world.

Derived terms

觀賞魚／观赏鱼 (guānshǎngyú)