PEEP    窺

LOOK AND HOPE that one is NOT SEEN LOOKING.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Kuī 窺 refers to a strained effort towards catching sight of something without being seen oneself. 2. Chān 覘 refers to visual peeping as well as to guessing on the basis of what has been observed. 3. Jiàn 瞷 refers to generally observing someone or something secretly, spying on someone, but not necessarily only on one particular occasion and in one place.
Modern Chinese Criteria
窺探 窺見 窺視 窺察 窺 偷眼 偷看 偷覷 覘 探頭探腦 巴頭探腦 瞥 掃 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • LOOK　TRY to SEE. (anc: 13/0, child: 13)
  • TRY　ACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING. (anc: 12/0, child: 9)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p.

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1247

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 306

    • Words (6 items)

    闚  kuī OC: khʷe MC: khiɛ 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNget a glimpse of; peer out; spy on; observe
    • vtoNfigurativespy out; catch an intellectual glimpse of
    窺  kuī OC: khʷe MC: khiɛ 3 Attributions

    Kuī 窺 refers to a strained effort towards catching sight of something without being seen oneself.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 覘/PEEP Chān 覘 refers to visual peeping as well as to guessing on the basis of what has been observed.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpeer into; strain to catch sight of, try to get a look at; peep through
    覘  chān OC: khrlem MC: ʈhiɛm 1 Attribution

    Chān 覘 refers to visual peeping as well as to guessing on the basis of what has been observed.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 窺/PEEP Kuī 窺 refers to a strained effort towards catching sight of something without being seen oneself.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNobserve closely, but in secret
    窺覘  kuī chān OC: khʷe khrlem MC: khiɛ ʈhiɛm 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNfigurativepeep at, spie out
    微  wēi OC: mɯl MC: mɨi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN
    瞷  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions

    Jiàn 瞷 refers to generally observing someone or something secretly, spying on someone, but not necessarily only on one particular occasion and in one place.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNlook at secretly (as if to spy on); spy on (MENG)