(kàn fǎ) - view, opinion, take on something in Mandarin
kànfǎTraditional: 看法
Translation
view, opinion, take on something
Word origin
A compound of 看 (kàn, to look at) and 法 (fǎ, method, way), literally a way of looking at something.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 看 (kàn, to look) + 法 (fǎ, method, way)
Stroke order
看
法
Examples
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I would like to hear your view.
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Everyone sees it differently.
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He has changed his view on this.
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What do you think of this plan?
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Our views are broadly the same.
看法 is your take on something, the way you see it. The 法 suffix means method or manner and builds a whole family of nouns from verbs: 想法 (an idea, the way you think), 说法 (a way of putting it, a version of events), 做法 (a way of doing it, a recipe). Learn the pattern and each new one is free.
The word it attaches to is 对: 对这件事的看法, 对他的看法. Saying 关于 instead is not wrong but sounds heavier, and 的看法 with no 对 leaves the reader wondering a view of what.
Against 意见 (yìjiàn) the difference is attitude. 看法 is a neutral opinion; 意见 leans towards a criticism or a complaint, so 他对我有意见 means he has a problem with me, not simply that he has thoughts about me. Do not swap them.
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