看中

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	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (看中)		看	中
anagram		中看

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ zung³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-tiòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-chung⁴
    • Yale: kàn-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannjonq
    • Palladius: каньчжун (kanʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ zung³
    • Yale: hon jung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ dzung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ zung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ t͡sʊŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-tiòng
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-tiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoardioxng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɔŋ⁴¹/

Verb

看中

1. to fancy; to be to one's liking; to have a preference for
2. to choose; to settle for

Synonyms

• (fancy):

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• 看上 (kànshàng)
• 相中
• 睇中 (tai² zung³) (Cantonese)
• 睇啱 (tai² ngaam¹) (Cantonese)

 

• (choose):

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• 取 (qǔ)
• 取捨 / 取舍 (qǔshě)
• 抉擇 / 抉择 (juézé)
• 挑選 / 挑选 (tiāoxuǎn)
• 掄 / 抡 (lún) (literary)
• 採擇 / 采择 (cǎizé)
• 揀 / 拣 (jiǎn)
• 揀擇 / 拣择 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 揀選 / 拣选 (jiǎnxuǎn)
• 摘
• 摘揀 / 摘拣 (Hokkien)
• 相中
• 簡 / 简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 選中 / 选中 (xuǎnzhòng)
• 選取 / 选取 (xuǎnqǔ)
• 選定 / 选定 (xuǎndìng)
• 選擇 / 选择 (xuǎnzé)