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The Chinese word for watch is
手表

shǒu biǎo



watch

Chinese Definition


watch
     1.
     2. 注意
     3. 警戒
     4. 不眠不休
     5. 值班人
     6.
     7. 守望
     8. 值夜
     9. 照顾
     10.
     11. 注意看
Components
     1. hand
     2. expert; master
           高手 - master
     3. -ist; -er
           歌手 - singer
     4. convenient; handy; portable
           手機 - mobile phone
           手冊 - handbook
     5. handwritten
     6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
     7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
     8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
     9. (finance)
     10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
     1. (obsolete) outer garment
     2. surface; outside; exterior
           外表 - outward appearance -
           月表 - surface of the moon -
           虛有其表 - to look impressive but lack real worth -
           表裡不一 - to think in one way but speak and act in another -
     3. table; list
           價目表 - price list -
     4. form (blank document to be filled in)
           申請 表 - application form -
           填表 - to fill in a form -
     5. to show; to express; to display
           表達 - to express -
           深 表 同情 - to show deep sympathy -
     6. model; example
           為wéi人師表 - to set an example for others to learn -
     7. (historical) memorial to the throne; petition to the emperor
           ^出師 ^表 - Chu Shi Biao - (either of two memorials written by Zhuge Liang and presented to Liu Shan)
     8. relationship with the children of one's mother's or paternal grandmother's siblings or the children of one's father's or paternal grandfather's sisters
           表哥 - male cousin (mother's sibling's or father's sister's son older than oneself) -
           姨表 - maternal cousin (mother's sister's child) -
     9. Simplified form of 錶
     10. (Mainland, internet slang) Alternative form of 不要 (do not; don't)



Translations for and their definitions

     1. (Teochew) Alternative form of 睇 (-)


手錶
     1. n. wristwatch


手表
     1. Simplified form of 手錶


     1. to observe; to watch; to view; to see
     2. to observe closely; to scrutinise; to investigate
     3. to read; to peruse
     4. to display; to show
     5. to visit; to go sightseeing
     6. to play; to enjoy
     7. appearance; looks
     8. sight; view; perspective
     9. concept; outlook
     10. (historical) watchtower on either side of a palace gate
     11. (historical) platform; stage; dais; rostrum
     12. (Taoism) Taoist temple
     13. 20th hexagram of the I Ching


     1. Simplified form of 觀


觀看
     1. v. to view; to watch


观看
     1. Simplified form of 觀看


觀察
     1. v. to observe; to watch; to inspect; to examine


看守
     1. v. to guard; to watch over; to keep watch
     2. n. (dated) prison guard; jailer
     3. adj. (attributive) caretaker; temporary


观察
     1. Simplified form of 觀察


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