看官

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	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (看官)		看	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànguan
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: kàn-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannguan
    • Palladius: каньгуань (kanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ gun¹
    • Yale: hon gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ kuːn⁵⁵/

Noun

看官

1. (literary, honorific) dear readers; dear listeners; lovely members of the audience

Synonyms

• 受眾／受众 (shòuzhòng)
• 念家 (“reader”) (Dungan)
• 接受方 (jiēshòufāng)
• 接受者 (jiēshòuzhě)
• 聽眾／听众 (tīngzhòng, “listeners”)
• 觀眾／观众 (guānzhòng, “spectators”)
• 讀者／读者 (dúzhě, “reader”)
• 讀者群／读者群 (dúzhěqún, “readership”)