HSK V7-9
Correct

旁观

/ pángguān /
Strokes

Definition

spectator/non-participant

Example

As a Verb
look on; be an onlooker
1
Yǒu
nán
男子
cǎnzāo
惨遭
ègùn
恶棍
毒打
  
,
ér
rén
路人
zhǐshì
只是
pángguān
旁观
  

Passers-by just looked on as a man was viciously attacked by some hoodlums.

2
Dāng
yào
需要
bāngzhù
帮助
shí
  
,
zěnme
怎么
nénggòu
能够
xiùshǒupángguān
袖手旁观
ne
  
?

How could you stand by and watch when she needed help?

3
Xiāo
消极
pángguān
旁观

look on passively

4
Lěngyǎnpángguān
冷眼旁观

look on with a cold eye; stay aloof and watch unmoved