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 电 電 diàn lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc 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 电源 電源 diàn yuán electric power source 电击 電擊 diàn jī electric shock 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 电流 電流 diàn liú an electric current / (old) current intensity 电车 電車 diàn chē tram / streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train 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 电缆 電纜 diàn lǎn (electric) cable syn 观赏 觀賞 guān shǎng to look at sth with pleasure / to watch (sth marvelous) / ornamental syn 手电筒 手電筒 shǒu diàn tǒng flashlight / electric hand torch syn 电动 電動 diàn dòng electric-powered / (Tw) video game syn 电路 電路 diàn lù electric circuit 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 风扇 fēng shàn electric fan syn 电锯 電鋸 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) 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 电气 電氣 diàn qì electricity / electric / electrical 守望 shǒu wàng to keep watch syn 守灵 守靈 shǒu líng to keep watch beside a coffin 电线杆 電線桿 diàn xiàn gǎn electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 伺机 伺機 sì jī to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance syn 断开 斷開 duàn kāi to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch) 电灯 電燈 diàn dēng electric light / CL:盞|盏[zhan3] 观望 觀望 guān wàng to wait and see / to watch from the sidelines / to look around / to survey syn 触电 觸電 chù diàn to get an electric shock / to be electrocuted / electric shock syn 放哨 fàng shào to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol syn 通电 通電 tōng diàn to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram 电量 電量 diàn liàng quantity of electric charge 回路 huí lù to return / circuit (e.g. electric) / loop 电波 電波 diàn bō electric wave / alternating current syn 望风 望風 wàng fēng to be on the lookout / to keep watch syn 电钻 電鑽 diàn zuàn electric drill 电闸 電閘 diàn zhá electric switch / circuit breaker syn 围观 圍觀 wéi guān to stand in a circle and watch syn 电动车 電動車 diàn dòng chē electric vehicle (scooter, bicycle, car etc) 两极 兩極 liǎng jí the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles 电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant 家电 家電 jiā diàn household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器 syn 电光 電光 diàn guāng electric light / lightning / electro-optical 电风扇 電風扇 diàn fēng shàn electric fan / CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2] syn 电荷 電荷 diàn hè electric charge 电场 電場 diàn chǎng electric field 电扇 電扇 diàn shàn electric fan syn 表带 錶帶 biǎo dài watchband / watch strap 接地 jiē dì earth (electric connection) / to earth 坐镇 坐鎮 zuò zhèn (of a commanding officer) to keep watch / to oversee 电动机 電動機 diàn dòng jī electric motor syn 伺服 sì fú servo (small electric motor) / computer server 电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 干瞪眼 乾瞪眼 gān dèng yǎn to watch helplessly syn 家用电器 家用電器 jiā yòng diàn qì domestic electric appliance syn 千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power) syn 电弧 電弧 diàn hú electric arc 表盘 錶盤 biǎo pán variant of 表盤|表盘[biao3 pan2] / watch face syn 电子器件 電子器件 diàn zǐ qì jiàn electric equipment syn 电铃 電鈴 diàn líng electric bell 电热毯 電熱毯 diàn rè tǎn electric blanket 分针 分針 fēn zhēn minute hand (of a clock or watch) 电火花 電火花 diàn huǒ huā electric spark 插口 chā kǒu socket (for an electric plug) / to interrupt (sb speaking) / to butt in syn 电焊 電焊 diàn hàn electric welding syn 整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) 负电 fù diàn negative electric charge syn 电杆 電桿 diàn gǎn electric pole / telegraph pole 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) 电烙铁 電烙鐵 diàn lào tie electric iron / electric soldering iron syn 电控 電控 diàn kòng electric control / electronic control 电位 電位 diàn wèi electric potential / voltage 电饭锅 電飯鍋 diàn fàn guō electric rice cooker 电功率 電功率 diàn gōng lǜ electric power (measured in watts) 库仑 庫侖 kù lún coulomb (unit of electric charge) 收视 收視 shōu shì to watch TV 功耗 gōng hào electric consumption / power wastage 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 电线杆 電線杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 