看無

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	not have
trad. (看無)		看	無
simp. (看无)		看	无

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-bô

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-bô
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-bô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarbooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ bɤ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ bo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ bo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ bo²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bo²⁴/

Verb

看無

1. (Hokkien) to be unable to see or find
2. (Hokkien) to not understand by sight (when reading or viewing or watching or looking at something)

   • 我真正看無伊佇寫啥。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我真正看无伊伫写啥。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 台灣閩南語用詞

     Góa chin-chiàⁿ khòaⁿ-bô i tī siá siáⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I really don't understand what they are writing.

3. (Hokkien) to look down on; to have a bad opinion of; to think lowly of

Synonyms

• (to be unable to see):
• (Mandarin) 看不見／看不见 (kànbujiàn), 看不到, 看不清楚
• (to not understand by sight):
• (Mandarin) 看不懂 (kànbùdǒng)
• (to look down on):
• (Hokkien) 看𣍐起 / 看𫧃起
• (Mandarin) 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)

Antonyms

• (Hokkien) 看有

See also

• 聽有 / 听有
• 聽無 / 听无
• 揣有
• 揣無 / 揣无