傍觀

Chinese

		near; nestle; near (approaching)	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (傍觀)		傍	觀
simp. (傍观)		傍	观

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pángguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángguan
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²-kuan¹
    • Yale: páng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngguan
    • Palladius: пангуань (panguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/

Verb

傍觀

1. to spectate; to look on

Synonyms

• 旁觀／旁观 (pángguān)

Derived terms

• 當局稱迷，傍觀必審／当局称迷，傍观必审
• 當局者迷，傍觀者清／当局者迷，傍观者清 (dāngjú zhě mí pángguān zhě qīng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (傍觀):

• → Japanese: 傍観(ぼうかん) (bōkan)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 傍觀 – see the following entry.

【傍観ぼうかん】 [noun] onlooking; spectating passively [verb] to look on; to spectate passively

(This term, 傍觀, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)