旁
观

Spectator in Chinese: 旁观 (páng guān)

páng guān

spectator

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 旁觀1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1spectator
  2. 2non-participant

Stroke order

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旁
观

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ㄆㄤˊ

páng

ㄆ/ pㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

ㄍㄨㄢ

guān

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

旁观

Simplified

旁觀

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 别人有困难时，我们不该冷眼旁观。

    bié rén yǒu kùn nán shí， wǒ men bù gāi lěng yǎn páng guān。

    When others are in trouble, we shouldn't just look on coldly.

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Related words

旁

páng

one side

旁边

páng biān

side

参观

cān guān

to look around

观众

guān zhòng

spectators

悲观

bēi guān

pessimistic

观察

guān chá

to observe

观点

guān diǎn

point of view

观念

guān niàn

notion

客观

kè guān

objective

乐观

lè guān

optimistic

主观

zhǔ guān

subjective

观看

guān kàn

to watch

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