看穿

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	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread
trad. (看穿)		看	穿
simp. #(看穿)		看	穿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ cyun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-chhôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khàn-chhoan / khòaⁿ-chhoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànchuan
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: kàn-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannchuan
    • Palladius: каньчуань (kanʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ cyun¹
    • Yale: hon chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-chhôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon con^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ con¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ t͡sʰon²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarnzhoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarzhoafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/

Verb

看穿

1. to see through (a scheme, disguise, person, etc.)

Synonyms

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• 勘破 (kānpò) (literary)
• 參透／参透 (cāntòu)
• 看清 (kànqīng)
• 看破 (kànpò)
• 看透 (kàntòu)
• 睇穿 (tai² cyun¹) (Cantonese)
• 窺破／窥破 (kuīpò)
• 識破／识破 (shípò)