"看看" meaning in Chinese

See 看看 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/, /kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/, /hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/, /kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/, /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/, /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/ Chinese transliterations: kànkàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hon³ hon³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], khon-khon [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ, kànkàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], kànkan [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄎㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], kànkån [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻan⁴-kʻan⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kàn-kan [Mandarin, Yale], kann.kann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], канькань [Mandarin, Palladius], kanʹkanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], hon hon [Cantonese, Yale], hon³ hon³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hon³ hon³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khon-khon [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], kon kon [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], kon⁴ kon⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], khuànn-khuànn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qvoarqvoax [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 看看
  1. placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggestion, interchangeable with 看一下.
    Sense id: en-看看-zh-adv-EWT-4H7V Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 40 2 8 40 2 7 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 3 5 40 3 8 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 2 4 43 2 5 3
  2. (literary) gradually Tags: literary Synonyms: 漸漸, 堪堪
    Sense id: en-看看-zh-adv-6HqcF2Vq
  3. (colloquial) pretty soon Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-看看-zh-adv-4x5ZbZaX

Verb

IPA: /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/, /kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/, /hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/, /kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/, /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/, /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/ Chinese transliterations: kànkàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hon³ hon³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], khon-khon [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ, kànkàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], kànkan [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄎㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], kànkån [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻan⁴-kʻan⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kàn-kan [Mandarin, Yale], kann.kann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], канькань [Mandarin, Palladius], kanʹkanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], hon hon [Cantonese, Yale], hon³ hon³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hon³ hon³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khon-khon [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], kon kon [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], kon⁴ kon⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], khuànn-khuànn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qvoarqvoax [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 看看
  1. to glance at; to take a quick look at; to have a look-see; to thumb through (a book, etc.)
    Sense id: en-看看-zh-verb-DmWjFv5E Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 40 2 8 40 2 7 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 3 5 40 3 8 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 2 4 43 2 5 3
  2. to examine and survey; to see
    Sense id: en-看看-zh-verb-4jR35y3X
  3. to visit; to call on
    Sense id: en-看看-zh-verb-JErrv~rq
  4. to see the sights
    Sense id: en-看看-zh-verb-4aYXA5v-
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "看看",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 2 8 40 2 7 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 3 5 40 3 8 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 2 4 43 2 5 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wandering, watching, chin-wagging — aren't they ways of learning?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zǒuzǒu, kànkàn, liáoliáo, yòu hécháng bùshì xuéxí ne?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "走走,看看,聊聊,又何嘗不是學習呢?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Wandering, watching, chin-wagging — aren't they ways of learning?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zǒuzǒu, kànkàn, liáoliáo, yòu hécháng bùshì xuéxí ne?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "走走,看看,聊聊,又何尝不是学习呢?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "These are some materials that I brought back for you from France. Please take a look.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè shì wǒ tèyì cóng Fǎguó gěi nǐmen dài huílái de yīxiē zīliào, nǐmen hǎohǎo kànkàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這是我特意從法國給你們帶回來的一些資料,你們好好看看。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "These are some materials that I brought back for you from France. Please take a look.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè shì wǒ tèyì cóng Fǎguó gěi nǐmen dài huílái de yīxiē zīliào, nǐmen hǎohǎo kànkàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这是我特意从法国给你们带回来的一些资料,你们好好看看。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to glance at; to take a quick look at; to have a look-see; to thumb through (a book, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-看看-zh-verb-DmWjFv5E",
      "links": [
        [
          "glance",
          "glance"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "look-see",
          "look-see"
        ],
        [
          "thumb",
          "thumb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I want to see what the real China is like.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiǎng kànkàn zhēnzhèng de Zhōngguó dàodǐ shì ge shénme yàngzi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我想看看真正的中國到底是個什麼樣子。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I want to see what the real China is like.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiǎng kànkàn zhēnzhèng de Zhōngguó dàodǐ shì ge shénme yàngzi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我想看看真正的中国到底是个什么样子。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to examine and survey; to see"
      ],
      "id": "en-看看-zh-verb-4jR35y3X",
      "links": [
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ],
        [
          "survey",
          "survey"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to visit; to call on"
      ],
      "id": "en-看看-zh-verb-JErrv~rq",
      "links": [
        [
          "visit",
          "visit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to see the sights"
      ],
      "id": "en-看看-zh-verb-4aYXA5v-",
      "links": [
        [
          "sights",
          "sights"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-khon"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄎㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkån"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan⁴-kʻan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kàn-kan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kann.kann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "канькань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹkanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon hon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-khon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon kon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon⁴ kon⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khuànn-khuànn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvoarqvoax"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "看看"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "看看",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 2 8 40 2 7 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 3 5 40 3 8 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 2 4 43 2 5 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Try calling him.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Dǎ diànhuà gěi tā kànkàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "打電話給他看看。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Try calling him.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Dǎ diànhuà gěi tā kànkàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "打电话给他看看。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggestion, interchangeable with 看一下."
      ],
      "id": "en-看看-zh-adv-EWT-4H7V",
      "links": [
        [
          "看一下",
          "看一下#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "gradually"
      ],
      "id": "en-看看-zh-adv-6HqcF2Vq",
      "links": [
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) gradually"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "漸漸"
        },
        {
          "word": "堪堪"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "pretty soon"
      ],
      "id": "en-看看-zh-adv-4x5ZbZaX",
      "links": [
        [
          "soon",
          "soon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) pretty soon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-khon"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄎㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkån"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan⁴-kʻan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kàn-kan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kann.kann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "канькань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹkanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon hon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-khon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon kon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon⁴ kon⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khuànn-khuànn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvoarqvoax"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "看看"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 看",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "看看",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wandering, watching, chin-wagging — aren't they ways of learning?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zǒuzǒu, kànkàn, liáoliáo, yòu hécháng bùshì xuéxí ne?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "走走,看看,聊聊,又何嘗不是學習呢?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Wandering, watching, chin-wagging — aren't they ways of learning?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zǒuzǒu, kànkàn, liáoliáo, yòu hécháng bùshì xuéxí ne?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "走走,看看,聊聊,又何尝不是学习呢?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "These are some materials that I brought back for you from France. Please take a look.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè shì wǒ tèyì cóng Fǎguó gěi nǐmen dài huílái de yīxiē zīliào, nǐmen hǎohǎo kànkàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這是我特意從法國給你們帶回來的一些資料,你們好好看看。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "These are some materials that I brought back for you from France. Please take a look.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè shì wǒ tèyì cóng Fǎguó gěi nǐmen dài huílái de yīxiē zīliào, nǐmen hǎohǎo kànkàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这是我特意从法国给你们带回来的一些资料,你们好好看看。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to glance at; to take a quick look at; to have a look-see; to thumb through (a book, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "glance",
          "glance"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "look-see",
          "look-see"
        ],
        [
          "thumb",
          "thumb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I want to see what the real China is like.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiǎng kànkàn zhēnzhèng de Zhōngguó dàodǐ shì ge shénme yàngzi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我想看看真正的中國到底是個什麼樣子。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I want to see what the real China is like.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ xiǎng kànkàn zhēnzhèng de Zhōngguó dàodǐ shì ge shénme yàngzi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我想看看真正的中国到底是个什么样子。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to examine and survey; to see"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ],
        [
          "survey",
          "survey"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to visit; to call on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "visit",
          "visit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to see the sights"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sights",
          "sights"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-khon"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄎㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkån"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan⁴-kʻan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kàn-kan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kann.kann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "канькань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹkanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon hon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-khon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon kon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon⁴ kon⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khuànn-khuànn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvoarqvoax"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "看看"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 看",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "看看",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese redlinks/zh-l",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Try calling him.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Dǎ diànhuà gěi tā kànkàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "打電話給他看看。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Try calling him.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Dǎ diànhuà gěi tā kànkàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "打电话给他看看。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggestion, interchangeable with 看一下."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "看一下",
          "看一下#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gradually"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) gradually"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "漸漸"
        },
        {
          "word": "堪堪"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pretty soon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soon",
          "soon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) pretty soon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-khon"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄎㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kànkån"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan⁴-kʻan⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kàn-kan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kann.kann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "канькань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹkanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon hon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hon³ hon³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khon-khon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon kon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kon⁴ kon⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khuànn-khuànn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qvoarqvoax"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "看看"
}

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  ],
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  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "看看"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
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  "path": [
    "看看"
  ],
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  "subsection": "",
  "title": "看看",
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}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
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}

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