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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 目 (“eyes”) + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ, “man standing and man kneeling”).
䀚
- (archaic) to lift up the eyes and look around
Dialectal synonyms of
看 (“to look”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
視, 見, 看
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
看
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
看, 瞧, 瞅
|
| Taiwan
|
看
|
| Harbin
|
看, 瞧
|
| Malaysia
|
看
|
| Singapore
|
看
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
看
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
看
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Wanrong
|
看
|
| Xi'an
|
看
|
| Xining
|
看
|
| Xuzhou
|
看, 望
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Ürümqi
|
看
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
看, 𧢭
|
| Wuhan
|
看, 睄, 瞄
|
| Guiyang
|
看, 望
|
| Guilin
|
看
|
| Liuzhou
|
看
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
看, 瞧
|
| Yangzhou
|
看, 望, 瞧
|
| Hefei
|
看, 望
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
睇, 望
|
| Hong Kong
|
睇, 望
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
睇
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
睇
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
睇
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
睇
|
| Macau
|
睇
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
睇
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
睇
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
睇
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
睇
|
| Foshan
|
睇
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
睇
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
睇
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
睇
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
睇
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
看
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
睇
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
睇
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
睇
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
睇
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
睇
|
| Taishan
|
睇, 望
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
睇
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
睇
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
睇
|
| Dongguan
|
睇
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
睇
|
| Qingyuan
|
睇
|
| Fogang
|
睇
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
睇
|
| Yangshan
|
望
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
看
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
望
|
| Shaoguan
|
睇
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
睇
|
| Renhua
|
睇
|
| Lechang
|
睇
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
睇
|
| Sihui
|
睇
|
| Guangning
|
睇
|
| Deqing
|
睇
|
| Huaiji
|
望
|
| Yunfu
|
睇
|
| Xinxing
|
睇
|
| Luoding
|
睇
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
睇
|
| Yangjiang
|
看, 睇, 瞄
|
| Xinyi
|
睇
|
| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
睇
|
| Lianjiang
|
睇
|
| Nanning
|
睇
|
| Wuzhou
|
睇
|
| Yulin
|
睇
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
看
|
| Guiping
|
睇
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
看
|
| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
睇
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
睇
|
| Baise
|
睇
|
| Bobai
|
睇
|
| Lingshan
|
看
|
| Pubei
|
睇
|
| Qinzhou
|
睇
|
| Beihai
|
睇
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
睇
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
睇
|
| Ningming
|
睇
|
| Hengzhou
|
睇
|
| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
睇
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
睇
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
睇
|
| Penang (Guangfu)
|
睇
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
睇
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
睇
|
| Móng Cái
|
睇
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
看, 相, 望
|
| Lichuan
|
看
|
| Pingxiang
|
看
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
看, 睞
|
| Xingning
|
看
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
睇
|
| Huiyang
|
看
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
看
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
看
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
睇
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
看
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
看
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
睇
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
睇
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
睇
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
看, 睇
|
| Wengyuan
|
看
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
看
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
看
|
| Liannan
|
看
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
看
|
| Jiexi
|
看
|
| Luhe
|
看
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
䀴
|
| Changting
|
䀴, 望
|
| Wuping
|
看
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
看
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
看
|
| Liancheng
|
䀴
|
| Ninghua
|
䀴
|
| Yudu
|
看, 望
|
| Ningdu
|
看
|
| Ruijin
|
看
|
| Shicheng
|
看
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
看
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
看
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
看
|
| Dayu
|
看
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
看
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
看
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
看, 䀴
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
看, 䀴
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
䀴
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
䀴
|
| Hong Kong
|
看
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
看
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
睇
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
睇
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
睇, 看
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
睇
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
睇, 看
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
看
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
看
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
看
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
看
|
| Luchuan
|
看
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
看
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
看
|
| Singapore (Dabu)
|
看
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
看, 望
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
看, 瞭
|
| Xinzhou
|
看
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
覷
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
覷
|
| Songxi
|
䁐
|
| Zhenghe
|
覷
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
覷
|
| Jianyang
|
覷
|
| Wuyishan
|
覷
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
覷
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
看, 覷
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
覷
|
| Lianjiang
|
覷
|
| Fuqing
|
覷
|
| Pingtan
|
覷
|
| Yongtai
|
覷
|
| Minqing
|
覷
|
| Gutian
|
覷
|
| Pingnan
|
看
|
| Luoyuan
|
看
|
| Fu'an
|
睨
|
| Ningde
|
看
|
| Xiapu
|
看
|
| Zherong
|
看
|
| Shouning
|
望
|
| Zhouning
|
睨
|
| Fuding
|
看
|
| Matsu
|
看
|
| Sitiawan (Gutian)
|
看
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
看
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
看
|
| Quanzhou
|
看
|
| Jinjiang
|
看
|
| Nan'an
|
看
|
| Shishi
|
看
|
| Hui'an
|
看
|
| Anxi
|
看
|
| Yongchun
|
看
|
| Dehua
|
看
|
| Zhangzhou
|
看
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
看
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
看
|
| Hua'an
|
看
|
| Nanjing
|
看
|
| Pinghe
|
看
|
| Zhangpu
|
看
|
| Yunxiao
|
看
|
| Zhao'an
|
看, 睇
|
| Dongshan
|
看
|
| Taipei
|
看
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
看
|
| Kaohsiung
|
看
|
| Tainan
|
看
|
| Kinmen
|
看
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
看
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
看
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
看
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
看
|
| Medan (Hokkien)
|
看
|
| Longyan
|
䁐
|
| Zhangping
|
看
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
看
|
| Datian
|
看
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
看
|
| Guilin (Biyange)
|
看
|
| Chaozhou
|
睇
|
| Raoping
|
睇
|
| Shantou
|
睇
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
睇
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
睇
|
| Jieyang
|
睇
|
| Lufeng
|
睇
|
| Haifeng
|
睇
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
睇
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
睇
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
睇
|
| Leizhou
|
䁐, 𥆑
|
| Wenchang
|
望, 䁐
|
| Haikou
|
望, 䁐
|
| Qionghai
|
望
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
望
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
看
|
| Xianyou
|
看
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
䁐
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
䁐
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
䁐
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
望, 覷
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
睇
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
看
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
睇
|
| Fuding
|
睇
|
| Luoyuan
|
睇
|
| Sanming
|
睇
|
| Shunchang
|
睇
|
| Hua'an
|
睇
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
睇
|
| Cangnan
|
睇
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
睇
|
| Lishui
|
睇
|
| Longyou
|
睇
|
| Chaozhou
|
睇
|
| Fengshun
|
睇
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
望
|
| Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
望
|
| Luxi (Baisha)
|
望
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
看
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
看
|
| Suzhou
|
看
|
| Wuxi
|
看
|
| Danyang
|
看, 望
|
| Hangzhou
|
看
|
| Ningbo
|
看, 相
|
| Wenzhou
|
眙, 張
|
| Lishui
|
望
|
| Jinhua
|
望
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
看
|
| Loudi
|
相
|
| Shuangfeng
|
看, 相
|
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