Chinese symbol for “observation”
观测
guān cè
Traditional: 觀測
to observe; to survey; observation (scientific etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for observation is 观测 (guān cè), defined as: to observe; to survey; observation (scientific etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 观测.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 观点 (觀點) | guān diǎn | point of view; viewpoint |
| 观众 (觀眾) | guān zhòng | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) |
| 观察 (觀察) | guān chá | to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 观看 (觀看) | guān kàn | to watch; to view |
| 观念 (觀念) | guān niàn | notion; thought |
| 客观 (客觀) | kè guān | objective; impartial |
| 测试 (測試) | cè shì | to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area) |
| 预测 (預測) | yù cè | to forecast; to predict |
See also: Japanese symbol for “observation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.