眺 tiào
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
眺望
tiàowàng
to gaze into the distance; to look out over
Characters in this word
望 wàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 站在海堤上眺望，远处的风电机组像一排缓慢转动的白色钟表。 Zhàn zài hǎidī shàng tiàowàng, yuǎnchù de fēngdiàn jīzǔ xiàng yì pái huǎnmàn zhuǎndòng de báisè zhōngbiǎo. Looking out from the seawall, the wind turbines in the distance looked like a row of slowly turning white clocks.
- 傍晚时分，人们喜欢在山上眺望整座城市的灯光。 Bàngwǎn shífēn, rénmen xǐhuan zài shān shàng tiàowàng zhěng zuò chéngshì de dēngguāng. In the evening, people like to stand on the mountain and look out over the lights of the whole city.
- 从山顶眺望过去，湖面像一面深绿色的镜子。 Cóng shāndǐng tiàowàng guòqu, húmiàn xiàng yí miàn shēnlǜsè de jìngzi. Looking out from the mountain top, the lake surface is like a dark green mirror.
Related words
- 希望 xīwàng to hope; hope
- 愿望 yuànwàng wish
- 看望 kànwàng to visit
- 失望 shīwàng to be disappointed
- 绝望 juéwàng despair
- 渴望 kěwàng to long for
- 期望 qīwàng to hope; to expect
- 盼望 pànwàng to long for, to look forward to
- 望 wàng to look at, to gaze
- 欲望 yùwàng desire
- 东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng to look around distractedly; to gaze about
- 观望 guānwàng to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines