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看了看 take a look see again and again;
see 看看 [kan4kan4]↓;
看呆了 watch intently, stare at with curious interest;
看書，看報 read book, papers;
看不下去 not readable;
看電影，看戲 see a movie, a play;
看熱鬧 join in the holiday crowd;
看風水 (geomancer) choose sites for houses or graves, (necromancer) see the layout of landscape from a particular spot;
followed by 得 (positive) and 不 (negative) with complement: 看不出來，看不清楚 cannot see clearly;
看得過眼兒 (thing) looks agreeable;
看不過眼兒 (person) get a revolting feeling (as seeing a bully);
看不順眼兒 (person) not used to the (disgusting) sight;
看見，看不見 can, cannot see;
觀看 see and appreciate (exhibit, landscape);
查看 look into (accounts, etc.);
好看 good-looking;
不好看，難看 ugly;
面子不好看 embarrassing.
(2) To see a point, realize, appreciate: 依我看 as I see it;
看見，看法 [kan4jian4], [kan4fa3]↓;
看透了 see through (a trick);
看破 [kan4po4]↓;
看穿了 to realize futility or falsity, be more detached;
看中 ([zhong4])了, 看上了 have a liking for (a girl, an object.)
(3) Watch: 看風頭，看風使帆 trim the sail to the wind;
看機會 watch for opportunity;
看著辦 act as one sees fit;
看嘴臉，看臉子，看眉眼 watch (superior's) countenance;
看某人面上 to act to please s.o., for favor of s.o.
(4) To visit: 看朋友，病人 visit a friend, patient.
(5) (*[kan1]) In specific words and phrr. denoting “in charge of” or “person in charge”: 看酒，看茶 (waiter) take charge of wine, tea;
看座, 看座兒的 waiter in charge of seating customers at restaurant or theater;
看門，看家，看守，看護 [kan1men2], [kan1jia1], [kan1shou3], [kan1hu4], etc.↓;
看孩子 (maid) look after child;
看家狗 watchdog;
看財奴 miser;
看街的 formerly, sheriff's assistant in charge of law and order;
看車的 person keeping an eye on the cars, as in parking lot.
(6) (*[kan1]) To detain 看押 [kan1ya1]↓;
看起來, 把他看住 detain (person) or keep under surveillance;
看死了 die in prison;
(football) watch a particular opponent.
(7) (*[kan1]) (Re. pr. in Tarng and MC poetry) to see, look.
摸摸看 feel (in pocket) and see;
找找看 try to look for it.
稱稱看 weigh and see.
2.看輕 [kan4qing1], v.t., to look down upon.
3.看齊 [kan4qi2], v.i., (mil.) “eyes right,” etc.; (fig.) keep in line generally.
4.看穿 [kan4chuan1], v.t., see through, be disillusioned; see [kan4po4]↓.
5.看跌 [kan4die2], v.i., anticipate a lowering market.
6.看法 [kan4fa3], n., way one looks at it: 依我看法 as I see it; 看法不同 another way of looking at it.
7.看管 *[kan1guan3], v.t., (1) take care of, look after (house and garden); [kan4guan3], (2) put in prison.
8.看官 [kan4guan1], n., (in old fashioned novels) an address to “my readers.”
9.看顧 [kan4gu4], v.t., to look after, take care of (child, house, etc.).
10.看護 *[kan1hu4], n., a nurse (now also called 護士).
11.看漲 [kan4zhang4], v.i., anticipate a rising market.
12.看家 *[kan1jia1], v.i., to watch the house (while others go away); 看家的錢 money for household expenses; 看家的 formerly, guard for house and property.
13.看見 [kan4jian4], v.t., (actually) see: 看得見 can see; 看不見 cannot see; 看見光景不對 see that the situation is all wrong (and take departure).
14.看重 [kan4zhong4], v.t., think greatly of, value (person) (cf. [kan4qing1]↑).
15.看看 [kan4kan4], v.t., take a look (at papers, museum, etc.); examine (eyes, intestines); wait and see: 看看情形如何 see how the situation develops; seeing that: 看看年終將到 seeing that the year-end is drawing near.
16.看來 [kan4lai2], phr., appear, look like.
17.看門 *[kan1men2], v.i., to keep the gate: 看門的 gatekeeper.
18.看破 [kan4po4], n., see through (trick, falseness); decide to quit, after seeing through: 看破紅塵 (Budd.) see through the emptiness of the material world.
19.看小 [kan4xiao3], v.i., see [kan4die2]↑.
20.看相 [kan4xiang4], v.t., to read fortune (by face, palm lines).
21.看守 *[kan1shou3], v.t., to keep (person) under detention; 看守所 detention house.
22.看押 *[kan1ya1], v.t., as in 看押起來 arrest and detain.