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观看

guān kàn

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 觀看

观看 (guān kàn) means "to watch; to view". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 观看 means

1. to watch; to view

The characters in 观看

• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe
• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch

Example sentences

• 我屏气观看眼前光景。
  I watched what was unfolding in front of my eyes with bated breath.
• 他们在仔细观看发生了什幺。
  They are watching what's happening closely.
• 值得观看的电视节目寥寥无几。
  Zhíde guānkàn de diànshìjiémù liáoliáowújǐ.
  Only a few TV programs are worth watching.
• 看电视的时候请确保屋子够亮，观看时保持距离。
  Kàn diànshì de shíhou qǐng quèbǎo wūzi gòu liàng, guānkàn shí bǎochí jùlí.
  When watching TV, please ensure that the room is brightly lit and watch from a distance.
• 球迷们安静下来，绷紧神经，观看两支球队的点球大战。
  Qiúmí men ānjìng xiàlai, bēngjǐn shénjīng, guānkàn liǎng zhī qiúduì de diǎnqiú dàzhàn.
  The fans went silent as they nervously watched the penalty shootout between the two teams.
• 虽然Flash的内容在不能iPad显示，只要把网页的URL发到自己的邮箱，回家便可以在普通电脑里观看。
  Suīrán Flash de nèiróng zài bù néng i P ad xiǎnshì, zhǐyào bǎ wǎngyè de URL fā dào zìjǐ de yóuxiāng, huíjiā biàn kěyǐ zài pǔtōng diànnǎo lǐ guānkàn.
  You can't view Flash content on an iPad. However, you can easily email yourself the URLs of these web pages and view that content on your regular computer when you get home.

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