看上

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
simp. and trad. (看上)		看	上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ soeng⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khàn-siǒng / khàn-siōng / khàn-siāng / khòaⁿ-chiǔⁿ / khòaⁿ-chiūⁿ / khòaⁿ-chiōⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànshàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-shang⁴
    • Yale: kàn-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannshanq
    • Palladius: каньшан (kanʹšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ soeng⁵
    • Yale: hon séuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ soeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ sêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ sœːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarnsiong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-siāng
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-siāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarnsiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-chiǔⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-tsiǔnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-chiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-tsiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarcviu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-chiōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-tsiōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarcvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɔ̃²²/

Verb

看⫽上 (verb-complement)

1. to take a fancy to; to settle on

   看不上  ―  kàn bù shàng  ―  to turn up one's nose at

Synonyms

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• 相中
• 看中 (kànzhòng)
• 睇中 (tai² zung³) (Cantonese)
• 睇啱 (tai² ngaam¹) (Cantonese)