"看熱鬧" meaning in Chinese

See 看熱鬧 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹ nɑʊ̯¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːn³³ jiːt̚² naːu̯²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 看⫽熱鬧 [canonical], 看热闹 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb|type=vo}} 看⫽熱鬧 (verb-object)
  1. to watch the excitement; to go where the crowds are Tags: verb-object
    Sense id: en-看熱鬧-zh-verb-ccVTOdKo Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
  2. (ironic) to enjoy watching someone fail Tags: ironic, verb-object
    Sense id: en-看熱鬧-zh-verb-Kqxu2onV Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 瞧熱鬧 (qiáo rènao), 瞧热闹 (qiáo rènao), 吃瓜 (chīguā), 食花生 [Cantonese]
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      "form": "看⫽熱鬧",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "看热闹",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "49 51",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "48 52",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to watch the excitement; to go where the crowds are"
      ],
      "id": "en-看熱鬧-zh-verb-ccVTOdKo",
      "links": [
        [
          "watch",
          "watch"
        ],
        [
          "excitement",
          "excitement"
        ],
        [
          "crowd",
          "crowd"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "verb-object"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enjoy watching someone fail"
      ],
      "id": "en-看熱鬧-zh-verb-Kqxu2onV",
      "links": [
        [
          "ironic",
          "irony"
        ],
        [
          "enjoy",
          "enjoy"
        ],
        [
          "watching",
          "watching"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ironic) to enjoy watching someone fail"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ironic",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kàn rènao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄜˋ ˙ㄋㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon³ jit⁶ naau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kàn rènao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄜˋ ˙ㄋㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kàn rènåo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kʻan⁴ jê⁴-nao⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kàn rè-nau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kann reh.nau"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kanʹ žɛnao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "кань жэнао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹ nɑʊ̯¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon³ jit⁶ naau⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon yiht naauh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon³ jit⁹ naau⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon³ yid⁶ nao⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ jiːt̚² naːu̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiáo rènao",
      "word": "瞧熱鬧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiáo rènao",
      "word": "瞧热闹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chīguā",
      "word": "吃瓜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "食花生"
    }
  ],
  "word": "看熱鬧"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 熱",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 看",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 鬧",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
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      "form": "看⫽熱鬧",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "看热闹",
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "to watch the excitement; to go where the crowds are"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "watch",
          "watch"
        ],
        [
          "excitement",
          "excitement"
        ],
        [
          "crowd",
          "crowd"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "verb-object"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to enjoy watching someone fail"
      ],
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        [
          "ironic",
          "irony"
        ],
        [
          "enjoy",
          "enjoy"
        ],
        [
          "watching",
          "watching"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ironic) to enjoy watching someone fail"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ironic",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kàn rènao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄜˋ ˙ㄋㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon³ jit⁶ naau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kàn rènao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄜˋ ˙ㄋㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kàn rènåo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kʻan⁴ jê⁴-nao⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kàn rè-nau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kann reh.nau"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kanʹ žɛnao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "кань жэнао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹ nɑʊ̯¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon³ jit⁶ naau⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon yiht naauh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon³ jit⁹ naau⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon³ yid⁶ nao⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ jiːt̚² naːu̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "qiáo rènao",
      "word": "瞧熱鬧"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiáo rènao",
      "word": "瞧热闹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chīguā",
      "word": "吃瓜"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "食花生"
    }
  ],
  "word": "看熱鬧"
}

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