看無

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	not have
trad. (看無)		看	無
simp. (看无)		看	无

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-bô

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-bô
  - Tâi-lô: khuànn-bô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarbooi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ bɤ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ bo²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ bo¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ bo²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bo²⁴/

Verb

看無

(Hokkien) to be unable to see or find
(Hokkien) to not understand by sight (when reading or viewing or watching or looking at something)
- 我真正看無伊佇寫啥。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  我真正看无伊伫写啥。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 台灣閩南語用詞
  Góa chin-chiàⁿ khòaⁿ-bô i tī siá siáⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  I really don't understand what they are writing.
(Hokkien) to look down on; to have a bad opinion of; to think lowly of

Synonyms

(to be unable to see):
(Mandarin) 看不見／看不见 (kànbujiàn), 看不到, 看不清楚
(to not understand by sight):
(Mandarin) 看不懂 (kànbùdǒng)
(to look down on):
(Hokkien) 看𣍐起 / 看𫧃起
(Mandarin) 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)

Antonyms

(Hokkien) 看有

See also