觀止

See also: 观止

Chinese

		to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (觀止)		觀	止
simp. (观止)		观	止
anagram		止觀／止观

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄓˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-chih³
    • Yale: gwān-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanjyy
    • Palladius: гуаньчжи (guanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

觀止

1. to be good beyond comparison; to be the cream of the crop

Derived terms

• 古文觀止 / 古文观止 (Gǔwén Guānzhǐ)
• 嘆為觀止 / 叹为观止 (tànwéiguānzhǐ)