眺望

tiàowàng
verb #29,609

Meanings

  1. 1 to gaze into the distance from an elevated position
  2. 2 to overlook; to survey from above

Examples

Zhàn zài shāndǐng, kěyǐ tiàowàng zhěnggè chéngshì.
Standing at the mountaintop, you can gaze out over the entire city.
Tā zhàn zài yángtái shàng tiàowàng yuǎnchù de dàhǎi.
She stood on the balcony gazing at the distant sea.

Tips

memory
contains the eye radical and means to look far away. also means to gaze or hope. Together they double the sense of looking far into the distance — from a high vantage point.

Stroke Order

tiào
wàng