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 信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ credit card 荣誉 榮譽 róng yù honor / credit / glory / (honorable) reputation / honorary 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]) 功劳 功勞 gōng láo contribution / meritorious service / credit syn 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 信用 xìn yòng trustworthiness / (commerce) credit / (literary) to trust and appoint 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 归功 歸功 guī gōng to give credit / to give sb his due / attribution 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 停机 停機 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 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 学分 學分 xué fēn course credit 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 盗取 盜取 dào qǔ to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) / to misappropriate 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 威信 wēi xìn prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people syn 信贷 信貸 xìn dài credit / borrowed money 额度 額度 é dù quota / (credit) limit 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 借贷 借貸 jiè dài to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet syn 欠费 欠費 qiàn fèi to be in arrears / to be out of credit / amount owing 表带 錶帶 biǎo dài watchband / watch strap 邀功 yāo gōng to take the credit for sb's achievement syn 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 信用证 信用證 xìn yòng zhèng letter of credit syn 分针 分針 fēn zhēn minute hand (of a clock or watch) 居功 jū gōng to claim credit for oneself syn 信用社 xìn yòng shè credit union syn 赊销 賒銷 shē xiāo credit transaction / to sell on account 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) 贷方 貸方 dài fāng credit side (of a balance sheet) / creditor / lender syn 加分 jiā fēn bonus point / extra credit / to award bonus points / to earn extra points 刷卡 shuā kǎ to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc) 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! 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) 授信 shòu xìn to extend credit (finance) / credit syn 信用等级 信用等級 xìn yòng děng jí credit level 征信 徵信 zhēng xìn to examine the reliability / reliable / credit reporting 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 学分制 學分制 xué fēn zhì credit system / grading system (in schools, universities etc) 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 信用风险 信用風險 xìn yòng fēng xiǎn credit risk 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 贷记 貸記 dài jì to credit 牡丹卡 mǔ dan kǎ Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) 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) 长城卡 長城卡 cháng chéng kǎ Great Wall Card (credit card issued by Bank of China) 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 放债 放債 fàng zhài to lend money (for interest) / to give credit syn 赊账 賒賬 shē zhàng to buy or sell on credit / outstanding account / to have an outstanding account syn 赊 賒 shē to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive syn 伺 sì to watch / to wait / to examine / to spy 觑 覷 qù to spy / watch for syn 赊购 賒購 shē gòu to buy on credit / to delay payment 了望塔 瞭望塔 liǎo wàng tǎ observation tower / watch tower 赊欠 賒欠 shē qiàn to offer credit / credit transaction / to buy or sell on account syn 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 贳 貰 shì to borrow / to buy on credit / to rent out syn 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 守望相助 shǒu wàng xiāng zhù to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius) / to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection 