端看

duānkàn

verb

Meanings

1 to depend on (some factor)
2 to come down to; to look at from the angle of

Characters

precisely; squarely

to look at; depend on

Examples

HSK 3

结果如何，端看明天的会议。

Jiéguǒ rúhé, duānkàn míngtiān de huìyì.

How things turn out comes down to tomorrow's meeting.

HSK 4

成败端看你自己的努力。

Chéngbài duānkàn nǐ zìjǐ de nǔlì.

Success or failure depends on your own effort.

Tips

register

Literary, common in Taiwan written Mandarin and formal Mainland writing. Functionally equivalent to 取决于 ('depends on') and 看 ('depends on') but more elegant. 端 here is an emphatic adverb meaning 'precisely / squarely'.

Stroke Order

端 duān

看 kàn