Chinese symbol for “observer”
观察员
guān chá yuán
Traditional: 觀察員
observer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for observer is 观察员 (guān chá yuán), defined as: observer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “observer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旁观者 (旁觀者) | páng guān zhě | observer; spectator |
| 观察者 (觀察者) | guān chá zhě | observer |
| 观察家 (觀察家) | guān chá jiā | observer (esp. one who analyzes social or political affairs) |
| 观测者 (觀測者) | guān cè zhě | observer |
| 观测员 (觀測員) | guān cè yuán | observer; spotter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 观察员.
| 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 |
| 警察 | jǐng chá | police; police officer |
| 考察 | kǎo chá | to inspect; to observe and study |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
See also: Japanese symbol for “observer”.
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.