觀賞

See also: 观赏

Chinese

		to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	enjoy the beauty of; give; award
trad. (觀賞)		觀	賞
simp. (观赏)		观	赏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānshǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄕㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ soeng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koan-sióng / koan-siáng / koan-siúⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ sion²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānshǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄕㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guanshǎng
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-shang³
  - Yale: gwān-shǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshaang
  - Palladius: гуаньшан (guanʹšan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun¹ soeng²
  - Yale: gūn séung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ soeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ sêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-sióng
  - Tâi-lô: kuan-sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koansiorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-siáng
  - Tâi-lô: kuan-siáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koansiarng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² siaŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-siúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuan-siúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koansviuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ siũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ siũ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang¹ sion²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang sióⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ sĩõ⁵²/

Verb

觀賞

to see and enjoy; to admire the view; to enjoy the sight of; to appreciate the visuals

Synonyms

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欣賞 / 欣赏 (xīnshǎng)
玩賞 / 玩赏
觀瞻 / 观瞻 (guānzhān) (literary)
讚賞 / 赞赏 (zànshǎng)
賞 / 赏 (shǎng) (literary, or in compounds)
賞玩 / 赏玩 (shǎngwán)
賞識 / 赏识 (shǎngshí)
鑒賞 / 鉴赏 (jiànshǎng)

Adjective

觀賞

(attributive) ornamental (plant, fish, etc.)
觀賞植物／观赏植物 ― guānshǎng zhíwù ― ornamental plant

金魚是世界著名三大觀賞魚類之一。 [MSC, trad.]
金鱼是世界着名三大观赏鱼类之一。 [MSC, simp.]
Jīnyú shì shìjiè zhùmíng sān dà guānshǎng yúlèi zhīyī. [Pinyin]
The goldfish is one of the three famous kinds of ornamental fish in the world.

Derived terms

觀賞魚 / 观赏鱼 (guānshǎngyú)