看 kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn 看 kān to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn 监视 監視 jiān shì to monitor / to keep a close watch over / surveillance syn 表 錶 biǎo watch (timepiece) / meter / gauge syn 观察 觀察 guān chá to observe / to watch / to survey syn 观看 觀看 guān kàn to watch / to view syn 收看 shōu kàn to watch (a TV program) syn 看守 kān shǒu to guard / to watch over syn 注视 注視 zhù shì to look attentively at / to closely watch / to gaze at syn 罗斯 羅斯 luó sī Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name) / Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察[Ren2 quan2 Guan1 cha2] / Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯|基辅罗斯[Ji1 fu3 Luo2 si1]) 看护 看護 kān hù to nurse / to look after / to watch over / (old) hospital nurse syn 袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom) / to look on without lifting a finger syn 观 觀 guān to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook syn 盯住 dīng zhù to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports) syn 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 观赏 觀賞 guān shǎng to look at sth with pleasure / to watch (sth marvelous) / ornamental syn 怀表 懷錶 huái biǎo pocket watch syn 提防 dī fáng to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / also pr. [ti2 fang2] syn 察看 chá kàn to watch / to look carefully at syn 守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil syn 提神 tí shén to freshen up / to be cautious or vigilant / to watch out / stimulant to enhance mental performance / stay-awake drug / agrypnotic syn 守候 shǒu hòu to wait for / to expect / to keep watch / to watch over / to nurse syn 发条 發條 fā tiáo clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup / clockwork syn 守望 shǒu wàng to keep watch syn 守灵 守靈 shǒu líng to keep watch beside a coffin 伺机 伺機 sì jī to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance syn 观望 觀望 guān wàng to wait and see / to watch from the sidelines / to look around / to survey syn 放哨 fàng shào to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol syn 望风 望風 wàng fēng to be on the lookout / to keep watch syn 围观 圍觀 wéi guān to stand in a circle and watch syn 女厕 女廁 nǚ cè women's restroom / women's toilet 表带 錶帶 biǎo dài watchband / watch strap 坐镇 坐鎮 zuò zhèn (of a commanding officer) to keep watch / to oversee 干瞪眼 乾瞪眼 gān dèng yǎn to watch helplessly syn 表盘 錶盤 biǎo pán variant of 表盤|表盘[biao3 pan2] / watch face syn 妇联 婦聯 fù lián women's league / women's association 分针 分針 fēn zhēn minute hand (of a clock or watch) 上弦 shàng xián to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon) 收视 收視 shōu shì to watch TV 三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1] syn 看球 kàn qiú to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball! 燕赵 燕趙 yān zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers 看戏 看戲 kàn xì to watch a play / to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) 名表 名錶 míng biǎo famous watch (i.e. expensive brand of wristwatch) 瞭望 liào wàng to watch from a height or distance / to keep a lookout 走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave) 逼视 逼視 bī shì to look at from close up / to watch intently syn 五更 wǔ gēng fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old) 值守 zhí shǒu (of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch 二更 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old) 把风 把風 bǎ fēng to keep watch (during a clandestine activity) / to be on the lookout syn 看顾 看顧 kàn gù to watch over 四更 sì gēng fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old) 坐山观虎斗 坐山觀虎鬥 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) / fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted syn 追 zhuī to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously syn 盯 dīng to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at syn 守 shǒu to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining syn 伺 sì to watch / to wait / to examine / to spy 觑 覷 qù to spy / watch for syn 了望塔 瞭望塔 liǎo wàng tǎ observation tower / watch tower 守丧 守喪 shǒu sāng to keep watch beside a coffin / to observe a period of mourning 瞭 liào to watch from a height or distance 我们 我們 wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our syn 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 女装 女裝 nǚ zhuāng women's clothes 女权 女權 nǚ quán women's rights 三八 sān bā International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March / foolish / stupid 贞操 貞操 zhēn cāo (usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity syn 祸水 禍水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women) syn 贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy syn 艳福 艷福 yàn fú luck with women 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn 女排 nǚ pái women's volleyball / abbr. for 女子排球 长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn 妇幼 婦幼 fù yòu women and children 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 妇女节 婦女節 fù nǚ jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 小可爱 小可愛 xiǎo kě ài cutie / sweetie / (Tw) camisole (women's garment) 女单 女單 nǚ dān women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc) 采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 女双 女雙 nǚ shuāng women's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc) 猎艳 獵艷 liè yàn to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style 来潮 來潮 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period syn 三八节 三八節 sān bā jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 女人家 nǚ rén jia women (in general) syn 红色娘子军 紅色孃子軍 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964 妇女联合会 婦女聯合會 fù nǚ lián hé huì women's union 男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) 巾 jīn towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50 syn 闺 閨 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women 妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn 淑 shū (bound form) (of women) gentle / kind / lovely / admirable / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2] 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 先睹为快 先睹為快 xiān dǔ wéi kuài (idiom) to consider it a pleasure to be among the first to read (or watch or enjoy) syn 