看看

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think
simp. and trad. (看看)		看	看

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kànkàn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ hon³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon-khon
Min Nan (POJ): khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kànkàn → kànkan (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ → ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄎㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann.kann
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰa̠n⁵¹/ → /kʰa̠n⁵¹ kʰa̠n¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon³ hon³
  - Yale: hon hon
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ hon³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon³ hon³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-khon
  - Hakka Romanization System: kon kon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ kon⁴
  - IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ kʰon⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-khòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khuànn-khuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarqvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰuã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/

Verb

看看

to glance at; to take a quick look at
to examine and survey
to visit or to call on
to see the sights
to thumb through (a book, etc.)

Adverb

看看

placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggestion, interchangeable with 看一下

打電話給他看看。 / 打电话给他看看。 ― Dǎ diànhuà gěi tā kànkàn. ― Try calling him.
(colloquial) pretty soon

Usage notes

If the verb is a reduplicated monosyllabic verb, use 看 instead: e.g., 試試看, 嘗嘗看.

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