Word information
Simplified看呆
Traditional看呆
Pinyinkàn dāi
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
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How to learn 看呆
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Words with the same characters
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好看hǎokàn
good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation
看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
看病kànbìngto visit a doctor; to see a patient
看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
看来kànláiapparently; it seems that
难看nánkànugly; unsightly