察 chá
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 祭 to sacrifice to, to worship
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
察看
chákàn
to inspect; to look over
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 事故发生后，专家组立即赶赴现场察看桥梁受损情况。 Shìgù fāshēng hòu, zhuānjiāzǔ lìjí gǎnfù xiànchǎng chákàn qiáoliáng shòusǔn qíngkuàng. After the accident, the expert team immediately rushed to the scene to inspect the damage to the bridge.
- 医生拿着手电筒，仔细察看孩子的喉咙。 Yīshēng ná zhe shǒudiàntǒng, zǐxì chákàn háizi de hóulong. The doctor used a flashlight to carefully examine the child's throat.
- 下雨之前，农民先到田边察看水渠有没有堵住。 Xià yǔ zhīqián, nóngmín xiān dào tiánbiān chákàn shuǐqú yǒu méiyǒu dǔzhù. Before the rain, the farmer went to the edge of the field to check whether the irrigation channel was blocked.
Related words
- 观察 guānchá to observe
- 警察 jǐngchá police officer
- 考察 kǎochá to inspect; to study
- 察觉 chájué to perceive; to become aware of
- 监察 jiānchá to supervise; to inspect; supervision
- 检察 jiǎnchá to inspect; procuratorial examination
- 视察 shìchá to inspect; to make an official inspection
- 好看 hǎokàn good-looking, nice
- 看 kàn to look, to watch; to read
- 看病 kànbìng to see a doctor
- 看到 kàndào to see
- 看见 kànjiàn to see, to catch sight of