观赏 meaning in English

guānshǎng

to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 觀賞18 strokes

Meaning of 观赏

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guānshǎng
  1. to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous)
  2. ornamental

观赏 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

学xué校xiào的de樱yīng花huā开kāi的de烂làn漫màn,吸xī引yǐn了le大dà量liàng市shì民mín前qián来lái观guān赏shǎng。
The school's lovely cherry blossoms drew a lot of residents to come and admire it.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

观 guān · to observe · 6 strokes

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赏 shǎng · to bestow · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 观赏.

观点guāndiǎnpoint of view; viewpoint
参观cānguānto visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around
观众guānzhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
观察guāncháto observe; to watch; to survey
观看guānkànto watch; to view
乐观lèguānoptimistic; hopeful
观念guānniànnotion; thought
客观kèguānobjective; impartial
赞赏zànshǎngto admire; to praise
欣赏xīnshǎngto appreciate; to enjoy; to admire
主观zhǔguānsubjective
壮观zhuàngguānspectacular; magnificent sight

Questions about 观赏

What does 观赏 mean?

观赏 (guānshǎng) means "to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 观赏?

观赏 is made of 2 characters: 观 (6 strokes), 赏 (12 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 观赏 an HSK word?

Yes. 观赏 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 观赏 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 观赏 is written 觀賞.