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收看

shōukàn

to watch a broadcast

A person watching television
Memory picture

Characters in this word

收 shōu

Strokes
6
Radical
攵 — to rap, to tap
Made of
丩 to connect, to join 攵 to rap, to tap
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

看 kàn

Strokes
9
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
手 hand 目 eye
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我收看新闻。 Wǒ shōukàn xīnwén. I watch the news broadcast.
  • 大家收看比赛。 Dàjiā shōukàn bǐsài. Everyone watches the match.
  • 晚上收看节目。 Wǎnshang shōukàn jiémù. In the evening, we watch the program.

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