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 表带 錶帶 biǎo dài watchband / watch strap 电传 電傳 diàn chuán to send information using electronic means (such as fax, telegram, telex etc) / a message transmitted using electronic means / telex / teleprinter 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) 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! 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 电子 電子 diàn zǐ electronic / electron (particle physics) 复位 復位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset 翻动 翻動 fān dòng to flip over / to turn (a page) / to scroll (an electronic document) / to stir (food in a pot etc) / to move things about / to rummage syn 联机 聯機 lián jī online / network / to connect online / to connect an electronic device to another device syn 待机 待機 dài jī to wait for an opportunity / (electronic devices) standby 电子眼 電子眼 diàn zǐ yǎn electronic eye / bionic eye / surveillance camera / (esp.) traffic enforcement camera 电子战 電子戰 diàn zǐ zhàn electronic warfare 电子版 電子版 diàn zǐ bǎn electronic edition / digital version 电子琴 電子琴 diàn zǐ qín electronic keyboard (music) 电子元件 電子元件 diàn zǐ yuán jiàn electronic component syn 电控 電控 diàn kòng electric control / electronic control 电子书 電子書 diàn zi shū electronic book / e-book / e-book reader 电子技术 電子技術 diàn zǐ jì shù electronic technology 电子政务 電子政務 diàn zǐ zhèng wù e-government / electronic governance 网上商城 wǎng shàng shāng chéng electronic mall / e-mall 插进 插進 chā jìn to insert / to stick in / to plug in (an electronic device) 电子元器件 電子元器件 diàn zǐ yuán qì jiàn electronic component 电子计算机 電子計算機 diàn zǐ jì suàn jī electronic computer 续航 續航 xù háng (of an airplane, ship, vehicle etc) to continue a journey without refueling / (of an electronic device, battery etc) to run before needing to be recharged 电子科技大学 電子科技大學 diàn zǐ kē jì dà xué University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 程控交换机 程控交換機 chéng kòng jiāo huàn jī electronic switching system (telecom.) / stored program control exchange (SPC) 电子通信 electronic messaging 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 八达通 八達通 bā dá tōng Octopus (Hong Kong smart card system for electronic payments) 絃 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse 追剧 追劇 zhuī jù to watch a TV series etc regularly / to binge-watch 电子商务扩展标记语言 電子商務擴展標記語言 electronic business eXtended Markup Language / electronic business XML 废弃电子电器 廢棄電子電器 waste electrical and electronic equipment / electronic waste / e-waste 电子反措施 電子反措施 electronic attack / electronic countermeasures 电子对抗 電子對抗 electronic attack / electronic countermeasures 电子干扰 電子幹擾 electronic attack / electronic countermeasures 电子定位系统 電子定位系統 electronic positioning system / electronic position-fixing system 电子数据处理审计 電子數據處理審計 Electronic Data Processing audit / Electronic Data Processing auditing / EDP audit / EDP auditing 