# 袖手旁观 (xiùshǒupángguān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 袖手旁观 (xiùshǒupángguān) means “to look on without helping”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to look on without helping
- Pinyin: xiùshǒupángguān (xiu4 shou3 pang2 guan1)
- Traditional: 袖手旁觀
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 看到朋友有难，我不能袖手旁观。
  Kàndào péngyou yǒu nàn, wǒ bù néng xiùshǒupángguān.
  Seeing a friend in trouble, I cannot just stand by and watch.

## Characters

- 袖 (xiù): sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand
- [旁](https://hanziro.com/word/pang-side/) (páng): side; beside
- 观 (guān): to look at; to watch

https://hanziro.com/word/xiu-shou-pang-guan-look-on-without/

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