改觀

Chinese

		to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (改觀)		改	觀
simp. (改观)		改	观

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎiguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi² gun¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kái-koan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): goi² guang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎiguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎiguan
    • Wade–Giles: kai³-kuan¹
    • Yale: gǎi-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaeguan
    • Palladius: гайгуань (gajguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi² gun¹
    • Yale: gói gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi² gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi² gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-koan
    • Tâi-lô: kái-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'koafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: goi² guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kói kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaŋ³³/

Verb

改觀

1. to change the appearance or face of
2. to change one's view; to change one's attitude

Synonyms

• (to change appearance, to change one's view):

• 修改 (xiūgǎi)
• 切換／切换 (qiēhuàn)
• 改動／改动 (gǎidòng)
• 改換／改换 (gǎihuàn)
• 改變／改变 (gǎibiàn)
• 改造 (gǎizào)
• 更動／更动 (gēngdòng)
• 更換／更换 (gēnghuàn)
• 更改 (gēnggǎi)
• 游移 (yóuyí)
• 移 (yí)
• 移易 (yíyì) (literary)
• 竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds, to revise text)
• 竄亂／窜乱 (cuànluàn) (literary)
• 變／变 (biàn)
• 變換／变换 (biànhuàn)
• 變易／变易 (biànyì)
• 變更／变更 (biàngēng)
• 變變／变变 (Hokkien)
• 變革／变革 (biàngé) (chiefly social systems)
• 轉化／转化 (zhuǎnhuà)
• 轉換／转换 (zhuǎnhuàn)
• 轉變／转变 (zhuǎnbiàn)
• 遷／迁 (qiān)
• 革變／革变 (gébiàn) (literary)