觀 (gun1 gun3 | guan1 quan4 {guan4}) : see, observe; take a view of

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觀

gun1 gun3

guan1 quan4 {guan4}

{1) [1] [v] see; observe; view; appearance; behold; take a view of; look; inspect [2] sights; views [3] [v] display [4] a point of view; conception
{2) a Taoist temple or shrine

Stroke count: 25

Level: 4

Radical: (#147)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

觀 / 观

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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鐵觀音 tit3 gun1 jam1 tie3 guan1 yin1 = Tieguanyin

觀眾 gun1 zung3 guan1 zhong4 = audience; spectators

參觀 caam1 gun1 can1 guan1 = to visit

觀察 gun1 caat3 guan1 cha2 = to observe; to inspect

世界觀 sai3 gaai3 gun1 shi4 jie4 guan1 = global outlook; world view

悲觀 bei1 gun1 bei1 guan1 = pessimistic

主觀 zyu2 gun1 zhu3 guan1 = subjective

壯觀 zong3 gun1 zhuang4 guan4 = spectacular

微觀 mei4 gun1 wei1 guan1 = sub-atomic

外觀 ngoi6 gun1 wai4 guan1 = external appearance; exterior condition
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老師帶我哋去參觀二次大戰博物館同軍人塚。粵
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.

有啲人嘅審美觀念好差㗎粵
Some people do have a very bad sense of aesthetics.

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Decimal representation of this word: 觀
Unicode code for this character: U+89C0 (off-site link)

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