(kàn kàn) - to take a look, to have a look in Mandarin

kànkàn

Traditional: 看看

HSK 1

#136 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to take a look, to have a look

Word origin

看看 means to take a quick look, the reduplication of 看 softening it into a brief, casual glance. 看 (kàn) is an ideograph showing a hand (手) shading the eye (目).

Origin: compound
Root: reduplication of 看 (kàn, to look)

Stroke order

看

Examples

。

Let me have a look.

。

Let's go take a look.

。

Take a look at this.

业yè。

Let me have a look at your homework.

。

Come in and take a look.

看看 (kàn kàn) means to take a look, to have a look. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 3.