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看清

kàn qīng

2-character word

What 看清 means

1. to see clearly

The characters in 看清

• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted

Example sentences

• 能看清吧？
  You can see it clearly, right?
• 你能看清楚吗？
  Can you see it clearly?
• 浓雾使道路很难看清。
  Nóngwù shǐ dàolù hěn nánkàn qīng.
  The thick fog made it hard to see the road.
• 有时我们必须回望过去，才能看清前程。
  Yǒushí wǒmen bìxū huí wàng guòqù, cáinéng kànqīng qiánchéng.
  Sometimes we need to look back to know where we are going to.
• 无论在甚么地方，过马路前也应该先看清楚左右。
  It's a good rule to look both ways before you cross the street anywhere.
• “你鼻子怎么了？”“我刚才倒车的时候，想探头出窗看清楚后面有没有人。我以为车窗是开着的，谁知原来是关上了，于是就一头撞到车窗上了。”
  “ nǐ bízi zěnmele?”“ wǒ gāngcái dǎochē de shíhou, xiǎng tàntóu chū chuāng kànqīng chǔ hòumiàn yǒuméiyǒu rén. wǒ yǐwéi chēchuāng shì kāi zhe de, shéizhī yuánlái shì guānshàng le, yúshì jiù yītóu zhuàng dào chēchuāng shàng le.”
  "What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"

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Read kàn qīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 看轻to belittle; to scorn; to take sth lightly