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kàn
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- pinyin
- kàn
- simplified
- 看
- traditional
- 看
1 · verb
to look at
用眼睛观察事物。
Use kan4 for looking, not kan1 for guarding.
Look outside the window; that bird has come back.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Candidate — listening review pending
你看窗外，那只鸟又回来了。
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