瞭望

liàowàng

verb

Meanings

1 to look out from a height
2 to keep a lookout
3 to observe from afar

Characters

to look from afar

to gaze / look toward

Examples

HSK 7-9

士兵在塔上瞭望敌情。

Shìbīng zài tǎ shàng liàowàng díqíng.

The soldiers kept watch on the enemy from the tower.

HSK 7-9

登上山顶可以瞭望整座城市。

Dēngshàng shāndǐng kěyǐ liàowàng zhěng zuò chéngshì.

From the summit you can look out over the entire city.

Tips

usage

瞭望 implies watching from an elevated, distant vantage - a tower, hilltop, or ship's crow's nest. For ordinary looking around use 看 (kàn) or 眺望 (tiàowàng) for poetic distant gazing.

Stroke Order

瞭 liào

望 wàng