看望

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (看望)		看	望
simp. #(看望)		看	望

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànwàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ mong⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-mong
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khàn-bōng / khòaⁿ-bōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): toin² mo⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànwàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànwàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-wang⁴
    • Yale: kàn-wàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannwanq
    • Palladius: каньван (kanʹvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ mong⁶
    • Yale: hon mohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ mong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ mong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ mɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-mong
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon mong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ moŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarnbong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarbong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: toin² mo⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thóiⁿ mō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰõĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ mo¹¹/

Verb

看望

1. to visit; to see (e.g. family, a patient, etc.)

Synonyms

• 上門／上门 (shàngmén)
• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 串門／串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial)
• 串門子／串门子 (chuàn ménzi) (colloquial)
• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (formal)
• 坐人家 (zo⁵ ren² ga) (Xiang)
• 坐尞 (Hakka)
• 拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite)
• 拜訪／拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite)
• 探問／探问 (tànwèn)
• 探望 (tànwàng)
• 探視／探视 (tànshì)
• 探親／探亲 (tànqīn) (to visit one's relatives or spouse)
• 探訪／探访 (tànfǎng)
• 登門／登门 (dēngmén)
• 省親／省亲 (xǐngqīn) (literary, to visit one's parents or elders)
• 瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial)
• 訪問／访问 (fǎngwèn)
• 走訪／走访 (zǒufǎng)
• 造訪／造访 (zàofǎng)
• 過／过