旁觀

See also: 旁观 and 傍観

Chinese

		beside; one side; other beside; one side; other; side; self	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (旁觀)		旁	觀
simp. (旁观)		旁	观

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pángguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ gun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phòng-kôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pông-koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángguan
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²-kuan¹
    • Yale: páng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngguan
    • Palladius: пангуань (panguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ gun¹
    • Yale: pòhng gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phòng-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pongˇ gon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pong² gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰoŋ¹¹ kon²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông-koan
    • Tâi-lô: pông-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pongkoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ¹³⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ²³⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/

Verb

旁觀

1. to be an onlooker; to look on; to stand by

Synonyms

• 傍觀／傍观 (pángguān)

Derived terms

• 冷眼旁觀／冷眼旁观 (lěngyǎnpángguān)
• 旁觀者／旁观者 (pángguānzhě)
• 旁觀者審，當局者迷／旁观者审，当局者迷
• 旁觀者清／旁观者清
• 旁觀袖手／旁观袖手
• 束手旁觀／束手旁观
• 當局者迷，旁觀者清／当局者迷，旁观者清 (dāngjú zhě mí, pángguān zhě qīng)
• 縮手旁觀／缩手旁观
• 袖手旁觀／袖手旁观 (xiùshǒupángguān)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
旁	觀

Noun

旁觀

1. chữ Hán form of bàng quan (“indifferent to something that is not to be taken lightly”).