看
kànkān HSK1

look

看 kàn frequency
to see verb
to see; to look at; to watch; to read (silently)

我不知道该先看哪里。

wǒ bù​zhī​dào gāi xiān kàn nǎ​li.

I don't know where to look first.

看一下你的银行账户。

kàn yī​xià nǐ de yín​háng zhàng​hù.

Check your bank account.

to consider verb
to think; to consider; to regard; to judge based on observations

姑娘们，你们怎么看？

gū​niang men, nǐ​men zěn​me kàn?

What do you think, girls?

他们把自己的家庭看得比什么都重要。

tā​men bǎ zì​jǐ de jiā​tíng kàn de bǐ shén​me dōu zhòng​yào.

They value their families more than anything else.

to judge an outlook verbadverb
to judge or conclude based on observation (that a certain trend will occur, such as a price increase)
to try and see verbparticle
used after a verb (often doubled) to indicate trying something to see the result

猜猜看，谁赢得了比赛？

cāi cāi kàn, shéi yíng dé le bǐ​sài?

Guess who won the game?

我们要等等看会发生什么。

wǒ​men yào děng děng kàn huì fā​shēng shén​me.

We'll wait and see what happens.

to visit verb
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

我要去医院看我太太。

wǒ yào qù yī​yuàn kàn wǒ tài​tai.

I'm going to the hospital to see my wife.

to consult verb
to see (a doctor); to treat (a patient); to examine

要求父母带你去看医生。

yāo​qiú fù​mǔ dài nǐ qù kàn yī​shēng.

Ask your parents to take you to see a doctor.

to depend on verb
to depend on; to rest upon; to be decided by

我能做的都做了，剩下的就看你的了。

wǒ néng zuò de dōu zuò le, shèng xià de jiù kàn nǐ de le.

I’ve done all I can do, the rest is up to you.

价格要看重量。

jià​gé yào kàn zhòng​liàng.

The price depends on weight.

to watch out
to watch out; to mind; to be careful of (something happening)
to serve
to serve or present (tea, wine, etc.)
看 kān
to look after verb
to look after; to tend; to take care of; to guard; to keep under surveillance

我会看着他的。

wǒ huì kān zhe tā de.

I'll keep an eye on him.

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
76th most common 2194.4 per million
Movie subtitles
35th most common 4568.1 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3056.8 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
1448.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+770B

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)