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观察

guān chá

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 觀察

观察 (guān chá) means "to observe; to watch; to survey". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 观察 means

1. to observe; to watch; to survey

The characters in 观察

• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe
• 察cháto examine; to inquire; to observe

Example sentences

• 医生在观察X光片。
  The doctors are looking at an X-ray.
• 男孩观察了一整天鸟。
  The boy observed the birds all day.
• 女人观察，男人思考。
  The woman observes and the man thinks.
• 观察放大了一万倍的细菌。
  Guānchá fàngdà le yī wàn bèi de xìjūn.
  Observe bacteria magnified ten thousand times.
• 医生继续观察病人的一举一动。
  Yīshēng jìxù guānchá bìngrén de yījǔyīdòng.
  The doctor continued to observe the patient's behavior.
• 那个孤僻的人以观察蚂蚁取乐。
  Nàge gūpì de rén yǐ guānchá mǎyǐ qǔlè.
  The lonely man derives pleasure from observing ants.

Words starting with 观察

• 观察员guān chá yuánobserver
• 观察家guān chá jiāobserver (esp. one who analyzes social or political affairs)
• 观察力guān chá lìpower of observation; perception
• 观察者guān chá zhěobserver
• 观察人士guān chá rén shìobserver
• 观察哨guān chá shàosentry post

Words containing 观察

• 人权观察Rén quán Guān cháHuman Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization
• 信用观察xìn yòng guān chácredit watch
• 肉眼观察ròu yǎn guān cháobservation by naked eye

Where 观察 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Science, Research & Inquiry (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guān chá correctly.
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