看 kàn / kān in a sentence
Look at (see - read - visit); Look after
看 (kàn / kān) means Look at (see - read - visit), Look after. Below are 24 of the 92 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
From the graded readers
我们坐下， 看 菜单。
wǒmen zuòxia, kàn / kān càidān.
We sat down and looked at the menu.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
我们想在山上 看 日出。
wǒmen xiǎng zài shānshàng kàn / kān rìchū.
We wanted to see the sunrise from the top.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
我 看 见一件红色的衣服。
wǒ kànjiàn yíjiàn hóngsè de / dì yīfu.
I saw a red one.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我把箱子打开一 看 ，愣住了。
wǒ bǎ xiāngzi dǎkāi yī kàn / kān, lèng zhùle.
I opened the box and stopped short.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
去年爸爸来 看 我工作的地方。
qùnián bàba láikàn wǒ gōngzuò de / dì dìfang.
Last year my father came to see where I work.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
From the travel phrasebook
我需要 看 医生。
Wǒ xūyào kàn yīshēng.
I need to see a doctor.
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
可以 看 视频吗？
Kěyǐ kàn shìpín ma?
Could I see a video?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
From the grammar library
你 看 看 这个。
Nǐ kànkan zhège.
Have a look at this.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Verb reduplication — 看看, 试试
我在图书馆 看 书。
Wǒ zài túshūguǎn kàn shū.
I'm reading at the library.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 在 — location and "-ing"
这本书我 看 懂了。
Zhè běn shū wǒ kàndǒng le.
I understood this book.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
我晚上在家 看 电视。
Wǒ wǎnshang zài jiā kàn diànshì.
I watch TV at home in the evening.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
我 看 了 看 ，没问题。
Wǒ kàn le kàn, méi wèntí.
I had a quick look — it's fine.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Verb reduplication — 看看, 试试
看 appears in 92 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 看
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 看
How is 看 used in a sentence?
This page shows 92 sentences using 看 (kàn / kān, "Look at (see - read - visit), Look after"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 看 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 看 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 看 an HSK word?
Yes — 看 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 看?
The dictionary page for 看 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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