Chinese symbol for “regard”
看待
kàn dài
to look upon; to regard
The closest CC-CEDICT match for regard is 看待 (kàn dài), defined as: to look upon; to regard.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “regard”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 论 (論) | lùn | opinion; view |
| 心意 | xīn yì | intention; regard; kindly feelings |
| 目 | mù | eye; (literary) to look; to regard |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 看待.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at; to examine |
| 看见 (看見) | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 看来 (看來) | kàn lai | apparently; it seems that |
| 看法 | kàn fǎ | way of looking at a thing; view |
| 看起来 (看起來) | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be |
| 等待 | děng dài | to wait; to wait for |
| 对待 (對待) | duì dài | to treat; treatment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “regard”.
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.