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看着办

kàn zhe bàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to do as one sees fit / to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-00e53a4157da5560. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

看著辦 看着办 [kan4 zhe5 ban4] /to do as one sees fit/to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 看著辦

  • 看
    kān

    to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

    kàn

    to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for

  • 着
    zhāo

    a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuó]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add

    zháo

    to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

    zhe

    aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

    zhuó

    to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply

  • 办
    bàn

    to take care of (a matter) / to deal with (a task, procedure etc) / to organize (an event) / to establish / to set up / to manage / to run (an enterprise) / (law) to handle / to investigate / to prosecute (a case or suspect) / (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhāo bàn], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[bàn gōng shì])

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.