查看 (chá kàn) — to check, examine, look over

Definition

查看 means 'to look over / check' — quick and general, for things like email, files, or weather. 比检查 more casual, and not as deep as 审查 or 审视.

verb

to checkexaminelook over

Easily confused

查看。
Nǐ chá kàn yí xià diàn zǐ yóu jiàn ba.
Go check your email.
查看。
Wǒ xū yào chá kàn zhè fèn wén jiàn.
I need to look over this document.
查看。
Tā měi tiān dōu chá kàn tiān qì yù bào.
He checks the weather forecast every day.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

查 and 看 both involve looking into something, so together they mean to look over or examine.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

且

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 看 puts 手 (hand) over 目 (eye), showing a hand placed above the eyes to gaze into the distance.

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