看開

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	open; operate (vehicle); start
trad. (看開)		看	開
simp. (看开)		看	开

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànkāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ hoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-khui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànkāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànkai
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-kʻai¹
    • Yale: kàn-kāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannkai
    • Palladius: канькай (kanʹkaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ hoi¹
    • Yale: hon hōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ hoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ hoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-khui
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-khui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarquy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰui⁴⁴/

Verb

看開

1. to accept an unpleasant fact or situation; to be philosophical (about something)

   看不開／看不开  ―  kàn bù kāi  ―  to not get over something

   你得看開些。／你得看开些。  ―  Nǐ děi kànkāi xiē.  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)