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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *看* | 看* | *看
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
HSK 1
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  *表* | 表* | *表
watch (timepiece) / meter; gauge
HSK 2
to watch; to view
HSK 3
to observe; to watch; to survey
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *追* | 追* | *追
to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously
HSK 3
to watch (a TV program)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *守* | 守* | *守
to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining
HSK 4
to look attentively at; to closely watch; to gaze at
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *看* | 看* | *看
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
HSK 6
to monitor / to keep a close watch over / surveillance
HSK 7-9
to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines / to look around; to survey
HSK 7-9
to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous) / ornamental
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盯* | 盯* | *盯
to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at
HSK 7-9
to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance
HSK 7-9
to watch / to look carefully at
HSK 7-9
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
to wait for / to expect / to keep watch / to watch over / to nurse
HSK 7-9
to nurse / to look after / to watch over / (old) hospital nurse
HSK 7-9
to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
HSK 7-9
to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are
HSK 7-9
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *观* | 观* | *观
to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook
third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1]
watch tower / movable battlefield turret
impression or feeling after visiting or watching (movies, museums etc)
to keep watch
clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup; clockwork
meter dial / watch face
to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *候* | 候* | *候
to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days
Seiko, Japanese watch and electronics company
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伺* | 伺* | *伺
to watch / to wait / to examine / to spy
to stand in a circle and watch
to understand what one is reading or watching
to freshen up / to be cautious or vigilant / to watch out / stimulant to enhance mental performance / stay-awake drug / agrypnotic
(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch
to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon)
to guard / to watch over
to watch a play / to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)
to watch from the sidelines
fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
watchband; watch strap
watchband; watch strap
to watch TV
minute hand (of a clock or watch)
(of a commanding officer) to keep watch / to oversee
pocket watch
to watch from a height or distance / to keep a lookout
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection
(of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch
(idiom) to consider it a pleasure to be among the first to read (or watch or enjoy)
to stand by and watch; to look on passively
to overlook / to watch from above
to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports)
to keep watch beside a coffin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *觑* | 觑* | *觑
to spy / watch for
to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol
variant of 表盤|表盘 / watch face
(of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
to be on the lookout / to keep watch
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瞭* | 瞭* | *瞭
to watch from a height or distance
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
to watch over
to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name) / Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察 / Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯|基辅罗斯)
to keep watch beside a coffin / to observe a period of mourning
to look at from close up / to watch intently
to watch a movie
to set or synchronize a watch
to have eyes / (fig.) to look where one is going; to watch one's step; to be cautious
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㗂* | 㗂* | *㗂
variant of / tight-lipped / to examine / to watch / to scour (esp. Cantonese)
to watch a movie
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *絃* | 絃* | *絃
variant of / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse
minute hand (of a clock or watch) / double crochet
second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
to overlook / to watch from above
to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball!
mechanical watch
to wind up (a watch or other clockwork mechanism)
to watch closely
die-hard otaku (sb who hardly ever emerges from their home, where they play games, watch movies etc)
electric watch; electronic watch; digital watch
to binge-watch (TV)
fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
quartz watch
to watch helplessly
button cell / watch battery
to watch for an opportunity / to see one's chance to
to keep watch during the night
watch tower / drum tower marking night watches
to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself
lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) / fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted
a bird-watcher
to stare at / to watch intently
watch glass / crystal
(slang) entertaining content such as Internet videos and TV shows that people watch while eating
China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization
credit watch

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