看
kàn
to look, to read
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 我喜欢看书。I like to read books.
- 看,那是什么?Look, what is that?
Collocations
看书看电影看见看一下好看
Mnemonic
看 kàn "to look" — pictograph: a hand 手 (top) over an eye 目 (bottom), shading the eye to peer into the distance. Watching, reading, looking — all senses derive.
Quick check
What does 看电影 mean?