观测 (guāncè) — to observe; to monitor

Characters in this word

Strokes: 6
Radical: 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
Made of: 又 and, also, again, in addition 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
How it's built: Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Strokes: 9
Radical: 氵 — water
Made of: 氵 water 则 rule, law, regulation
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

气象站连续观测海面温度，以判断台风路径是否会突然偏转。 Qìxiàngzhàn liánxù guāncè hǎimiàn wēndù, yǐ pànduàn táifēng lùjìng shìfǒu huì tūrán piānzhuǎn. The weather station continuously monitors sea-surface temperature to judge whether the typhoon's path may suddenly shift.
天文学家每晚都在山顶观测星空。 Tiānwénxuéjiā měi wǎn dōu zài shāndǐng guāncè xīngkōng. The astronomer observes the night sky from the mountaintop every night.
他们用仪器连续观测了一个月的天气变化。 Tāmen yòng yíqì liánxù guāncè le yí ge yuè de tiānqì biànhuà. They used instruments to observe weather changes for a month straight.