看守

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	to guard
simp. and trad. (看守)		看	守

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kānshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon¹ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-sú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-siú / khàn-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-shou³
    • Yale: kān-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanshoou
    • Palladius: каньшоу (kanʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon¹ sau²
    • Yale: hōn sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-siú
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarsiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-siú
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarnsiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ siu⁵³/

Verb

看守

1. to guard; to watch over; to keep watch

Synonyms

• 監察／监察 (jiānchá)
• 監控／监控 (jiānkòng)
• 監測／监测 (jiāncè)
• 監督／监督 (jiāndū)
• 監視／监视 (jiānshì)
• 監管／监管 (jiānguǎn)
• 看管 (kānguǎn)
• 管制 (guǎnzhì)
• 董督 (dǒngdū) (literary)
• 觀顧／观顾 (Hokkien)
• 警察 (jǐngchá) (literary)

 

Noun

看守

1. (dated) prison guard; jailer

Adjective

看守

1. (attributive) caretaker; temporary

Derived terms

• 看守內閣／看守内阁
• 看守所 (kānshǒusuǒ)

 

Proper noun

看守

1. (～社區) Kanshou (a residential community in Tancheng, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
看	守
かん Grade: 6	しゅ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんしゅ [kàńshú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) か​んしゅ [káꜜǹshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕɨᵝ]

Noun

看(かん)守(しゅ) • (kanshu) 

1. a guard, a jailer, a prison warder

See also

• 刑(けい)務(む)官(かん) (keimukan, “prison guard”)