HSK 6 · Verbs

看待 kàndài “to regard” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 看待 means

  1. to regard
  2. to look upon
  3. to treat

How to say 看待

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale看kàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale待dài4th tone, falling

看待 in a sentence

  1. 你怎么看待这件事？

    Nǐ zěnme kàndài zhè jiàn shì?

    What do you make of this?

    Sentence #3378185 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他不想被当成孩子看待。

    Tā bùxiǎng bèi dàngchéng háizi kàndài.

    He doesn’t want to be treated like a child.

    Sentence #1399762 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他把我当成陌生人来看待。

    Tā bǎ wǒ dàngchéng mòshēngrén lái kàndài.

    He treats me like a stranger.

    Sentence #1298618 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 看待 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 看 (kàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
看kànto see; to look at
  • 手hand · shǒu
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidA hand 手 shading the eyes 目: to look.

The character 待 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
待dàito wait
  • 彳step · chì
  • 寺court · sì

How to write 看待

看 9 strokes · 待 9 strokes

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看待 (kàndài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 看待 (kàndài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 看待

Words with 看

看kàn · to look看见kànjiàn · to see看病kànbìng · to visit a doctor好看hǎokàn · good-looking看来kànlái · it seems难看nánkàn · ugly看法kànfǎ · way of looking at a thing看望kànwàng · to visit看不起kànbuqǐ · to look down upon

Words with 待

待dāi · to stay接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)等待děngdài · to wait对待duìdài · to treat招待zhāodài · to hold a reception期待qīdài · to look forward to待遇dàiyù · treatment款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly虐待nüèdài · to abuse

More words: Thinking & Talking

警告jǐnggào · to warn讥笑jīxiào · to sneer at记载jìzǎi · to record聚精会神jùjīnghuìshén · to concentrate fully侃侃而谈kǎnkǎn'értán · to speak with ease and confidence恐吓kǒnghè · to threaten空想kōngxiǎng · fantasy口气kǒuqì · tone of voice

FAQs

看待 (kàndài) means “to regard” or “to look upon”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kàndài: kàn with a 4th tone, then dài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 看待 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kandai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 看待 from the suggestions. Typing kandai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
看待 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.