觀察

See also: 観察 and 观察

Chinese

		to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	examine; inquire; observe examine; inquire; observe; inspect; look into; to examine
trad. (觀察)		觀	察
simp. (观察)		观	察

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānchá

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ caat³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôn-chhat
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koan-chhat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ cag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānchá
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanchá
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-chʻa²
    • Yale: gwān-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanchar
    • Palladius: гуаньча (guanʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ caat³
    • Yale: gūn chaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ tsaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ cad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-chhat
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon´ cad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ cad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴ t͡sʰat̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-chhat
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-tshat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koanzhad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ t͡sʰat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang¹ cag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang tshak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰak̚²/

Verb

觀察

1. to observe; to watch; to inspect; to examine

Synonyms

• 偵測／侦测 (zhēncè)
• 察看 (chákàn)
• 審視／审视 (shěnshì)
• 打量
• 探望 (tànwàng)
• 探測／探测 (tàncè)
• 瞻視／瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)
• 視／视 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 視察／视察 (shìchá)
• 觀望／观望 (guānwàng) (literary)
• 觀測／观测 (guāncè)
• 觀看／观看 (guānkàn)

 

Derived terms

• 觀察力／观察力 (guānchálì)

 

• 观察使

Japanese

Kanji in this term
觀	察
かん Hyōgaiji	さつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

觀(かん)察(さつ) • (kansatsu) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 観察: observation

Korean

Hanja in this term
觀	察

Noun

觀察 • (gwanchal) (hangeul 관찰)

1. Hanja form^? of 관찰 (“observation”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
觀	察

Verb

觀察

1. chữ Hán form of quan sát (“to observe”).