看衰

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	weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments
simp. and trad. (看衰)		看	衰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànshuāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄞ

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kon⁴ soi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-soe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànshuāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànshuai
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-shuai¹
    • Yale: kàn-shwāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannshuai
    • Palladius: каньшуай (kanʹšuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kon⁴ soi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³ soɪ⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-soe
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-sue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarsoef
    • IPA (Singapore): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴² sue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ sue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ sue⁴⁴/

Verb

看衰

1. (Hakka, Taiwanese and Singapore Hokkien) to abhor; to despise; to look down on
2. to not expect (someone or something) to have good prospects

Synonyms

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• 下視 / 下视 (xiàshì) (literary)
• 不屑 (bùxiè)
• 不齒 / 不齿 (bùchǐ) (formal)
• 侮蔑 (wǔmiè)
• 傲睨 (àonì) (archaic)
• 卑視 / 卑视 (bēishì) (archaic)
• 厭薄 / 厌薄 (yànbó) (literary)
• 嗤鄙 (chībǐ) (archaic)
• 嫌鄙 (xiánbǐ) (literary)
• 小看 (xiǎokàn)
• 小瞧 (xiǎoqiáo) (colloquial)
• 小視 / 小视 (xiǎoshì) (literary)
• 小覷 / 小觑 (xiǎoqù) (literary)
• 恝視 / 恝视 (jiáshì) (literary)
• 打落 (Hakka)
• 渺視 / 渺视 (miǎoshì)
• 漠視 / 漠视 (mòshì)
• 無視 / 无视 (wúshì)
• 看不來 / 看不来 (kan⁴ bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
• 看扁 (kànbiǎn) (colloquial)
• 看毋起 (Hakka)
• 看輕 / 看轻 (kànqīng)
• 睇唔起 (tai² m⁴ hei²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 睇小 (tai² siu²) (Cantonese)
• 睇衰 (tai² seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 睇輕 / 睇轻 (toin² kêng¹) (Teochew)
• 瞧不來 / 瞧不来 (ziau² bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 瞧不起 (qiáobuqǐ)
• 蔑視 / 蔑视 (mièshì)
• 藐視 / 藐视 (miǎoshì)
• 譬相 (Hokkien)
• 輕易 / 轻易 (qīngyì) (literary)
• 輕視 / 轻视 (qīngshì)
• 輕蔑 / 轻蔑 (qīngmiè)
• 輕賤 / 轻贱 (qīngjiàn)
• 鄙夷 (bǐyí) (literary)
• 鄙視 / 鄙视 (bǐshì)
• 鄙薄 (bǐbó)
• 鄙賤 / 鄙贱 (bǐjiàn) (literary)

 

Related terms

• 看衰䆀 (khòaⁿ-soe-bái) (Mainland China Hokkien)