kàn

  1. kàn verb to see; to look
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: 看 is a transitive verb where the object is the thing seen. For example, 看东西模糊 'could not see things clearly.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 10; Kroll 2015 '看' 1, p. 236; Sun 2006, loc. 1771; XHZD '看' 1, p. 384)
  2. kàn verb to visit
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (XHZD '看' 3, p. 384)
  3. kàn verb to examine [a patient]
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Health
    Notes: (XHZD '看' 4, p. 384)
  4. kàn verb to regard; to consider
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '看' 1a, p. 236; XHZD '看' 5, p. 384)
  5. kàn verb to watch out; to look out for
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '看' 2, p. 236; XHZD '看' 7, p. 384)
  6. kàn verb to try and see the result
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Used after a verb (XHZD '看' 6, p. 384)
  7. kàn verb to oberve
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (XHZD '看' 2, p. 384)
  8. kàn verb to take care of; to protect
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Krol 2015 '看' 3, p. 323684)
  9. kàn verb see
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: √paś, or: √dṛś (BCSD '看', p. 875; MW 'paś')

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