看上 (kàn shàng) — to take a fancy to, to settle on after seeing; to be satisfied with

Definition

看上 means to take a fancy to something after seeing it — a person, an apartment, a product. Compare 看中 (focused on a target) and 看上眼 (more colloquial 'catch one's eye').

verb
to take a fancy toto settle on after seeingto be satisfied with

Examples

  • 看上。
    Wǒ kàn shàng le nà tào fáng zi.
    I took a liking to that apartment.
  • 。
    Zhè jiàn yī fu tā gēn běn kàn bú shàng.
    He doesn't fancy this piece of clothing at all.
  • 看上？
    Nǐ kàn shàng nǎ kuǎn shǒu jī le?
    Which phone model have you settled on?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

看kànlook
上shàngup

看 (look) and 上 (up) combine to mean take a fancy to.

Characters in this word

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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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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