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 数字 數字 shù zì numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 模拟 模擬 mó nǐ imitation / to simulate / to imitate / analog (device, as opposed to digital) 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 数码 數碼 shù mǎ number / numerals / figures / digital / amount / numerical code 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 数位 數位 shù wèi digit / (Tw) digital 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 分针 分針 fēn zhēn minute hand (of a clock or watch) 电子版 電子版 diàn zǐ bǎn electronic edition / digital version 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) 印刷版 yìn shuā bǎn printing plate / printed version (of a digital publication) / printing (as in "1st printing" etc) 数码相机 數碼相機 shù mǎ xiàng jī digital camera 数字电视 數字電視 shù zì diàn shì digital television 收视 收視 shōu shì to watch TV 掌上电脑 掌上電腦 zhǎng shàng diàn nǎo handheld computer / PDA (personal digital assistant) / Pocket PC 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) 数字信号 數字信號 shù zì xìn hào digital signal 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 数字签名 數字簽名 shù zì qiān míng digital signature 数码照相机 數碼照相機 shù mǎ zhào xiàng jī digital camera 数字证书 數字證書 digital certificate 模数 模數 mó shù analog-to-digital / abbr. for 模擬到數字|模拟到数字 数字电路 數字電路 shù zì diàn lù digital circuit 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 数码冲印 數碼沖印 shù mǎ chōng yìn digital printing 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) 数字通信 數字通信 shù zì tōng xìn digital communications 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 模数转换器 模數轉換器 mó shù zhuǎn huàn qì analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 数模转换器 數模轉換器 shù mó zhuǎn huàn qì digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 数字钟 數字鐘 shù zì zhōng digital clock 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 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 隔岸观火 隔岸觀火 gé àn guān huǒ to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom) syn 戴表 dài biǎo to wear a watch / homophone for 代表[dai4 biao3] used to avoid Internet censorship in the PRC 摆轮 擺輪 bǎi lún balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel 絃 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse 数字水印 digital watermark / digital tattoo 国际水道测量组织数字测深数据中心 國際水道測量組織數字測深數據中心 IHO Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry / Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry 数字地形模型 數字地形模型 digital terrain model / digital elevation model 数字高度模型 數字高度模型 digital terrain model / digital elevation model 数字录音 數字錄音 digital dictation recording / digital dictation 追剧 追劇 zhuī jù to watch a TV series etc regularly / to binge-watch 非对称式数据用户线 非對稱式數據用戶線 fēi duì chèn shì shù jù yòng hù xiàn Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line / ADSL 近乎同步数位阶层 近乎同步數位階層 jìn hū tóng bù shù wèi jiē céng plesiochronous digital hierarchy / PDH 数码扫描 數碼掃描 shù mǎ sǎo miáo a digital scan 数位网路 數位網路 shù wèi wǎng lù digital network 数位信号 數位信號 shù wèi xìn hào digital signal 数字订购线路 數字訂購線路 shù zì dìng gòu xiàn lù digital subscriber line / DSL 