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 机械 機械 jī xiè machine / machinery / mechanical / (old) cunning / scheming 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]) 对准 對準 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering) 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 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 阀门 閥門 fá mén valve (mechanical) 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 轴承 軸承 zhóu chéng (mechanical) bearing syn 围观 圍觀 wéi guān to stand in a circle and watch syn 刻板 kè bǎn stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing syn 表带 錶帶 biǎo dài watchband / watch strap 坐镇 坐鎮 zuò zhèn (of a commanding officer) to keep watch / to oversee 起重 qǐ zhòng to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means 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 抓手 zhuā shǒu starting point / mechanical hand / gripper 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) 减速器 減速器 jiǎn sù qì moderator / reducer (mechanical gearbox) 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 机械工程 機械工程 jī xiè gōng chéng mechanical engineering 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 蜗杆 蝸杆 wō gǎn worm (mechanical engineering) 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) 机械能 機械能 jī xiè néng mechanical energy 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 伦琴 倫琴 lún qín Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer 了望塔 瞭望塔 liǎo wàng tǎ observation tower / watch tower 指南车 指南車 zhǐ nán chē a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之 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 自动铅笔 自動鉛筆 zì dòng qiān bǐ mechanical pencil / propelling pencil 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 电子表 電子錶 diàn zǐ biǎo electric watch / electronic watch / digital watch 筒夹 筒夾 mechanical drum snatcher / mechanical drum grip 追剧 追劇 zhuī jù to watch a TV series etc regularly / to binge-watch 力传递 力傳遞 lì chuán dì mechanical transmission 力学传递 力學傳遞 lì xué chuán dì mechanical transmission 力学波 力學波 lì xué bō mechanical wave 卡西米尔效应 卡西米爾效應 kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìng Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects) 扫除机 掃除機 sǎo chú jī mechanical sweeper 栽种机 栽種機 zāi zhòng jī a mechanical planter (for rice, plants) 机械性 機械性 jī xiè xìng mechanical 机械钟 機械鐘 jī xiè zhōng mechanical clock 火犁 huǒ lí mechanical plow 零点能 零點能 líng diǎn néng zero-point energy (quantum mechanical vacuum effect) 机械旋镜照相机 mechanical rotating mirror camera 机械布雷器 jī xiè bù léi qì mechanical minelayer / minelayer 供暖通风空调和机械股 HVAC / Mechanical Unit 机电股 jī diàn gǔ Electro-Mechanical Unit 机械收集 jī xiè shōu jí mechanical gathering 