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

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.

登上山顶可以瞭望整座城市。

Dēng shàng 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