视 (shì): (literary, or bound form) to look at
视 (shì) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary, or bound form) to look at.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 礻 (phonetic) and 见 (semantic). It ranks #438 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 视 see. Its radical form 礻 (spirit) appears in many related characters such as 票 (piào, ticket), 示 (shì, to show), 礼 (lǐ, abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites).
Definitions
- (literary, or bound form) to look at
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 视
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 电视noun | diàn shì | television | 1 |
| 视频noun | shì pín | video | 4 |
| 电视台noun | diàn shì tái | television station | 5 |
| 电视剧noun | diàn shì jù | TV series | 4 |
| 忽视verb | hū shì | to neglect | 5 |
| 重视verb | zhòng shì | to attach importance to sth | 4 |
| 视觉noun | shì jué | sight | 6 |
| 视为verb | shì wéi | to view as | 5 |
| 视力noun | shì lì | eyesight | 6 |
| 影视noun | yǐng shì | movies and television | 5 |
| 近视adjective | jìn shì | shortsighted | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 监视 | jiān shì | to monitor |
| 视线 | shì xiàn | line of sight |
| 无视 | wú shì | to ignore |
| 歧视 | qí shì | to discriminate against |
| 注视 | zhù shì | to look attentively at |
| 视野 | shì yě | field of view |
| 鄙视 | bǐ shì | to despise |
| 藐视 | miǎo shì | to despise |
| 探视 | tàn shì | to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) |
| 视角 | shì jiǎo | angle from which one observes an object |
| 直视 | zhí shì | to look straight at |
| 审视 | shěn shì | to look closely at |
| 蔑视 | miè shì | to loathe |
| 凝视 | níng shì | to gaze at |
| 正视 | zhèng shì | to face squarely |
视 appears in 100 compound words: 27 as the first character, 71 as the last, and 2 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 视 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (17)
outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit; accomplishment out of the ordinary
to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods; to obscure the facts
outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit; accomplishment out of the ordinary
to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods; to obscure the facts
Showing 12 of 17 idioms containing 视.
Example Sentences
视字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
shì zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "视" is written is quite unique and left a deep impression on me.
【东方日报世界视线】美国若击败伊朗 战火或延至台海
dōng fāng rì bào shì jiè shì xiàn měi guó ruò jī bài yī lǎng zhàn huǒ huò yán zhì tái hǎi
If the United States defeats Iran, the war may extend to the Taiwan Strait
世界视线:美国若击败伊朗 战火或延至台海
shì jiè shì xiàn : měi guó ruò jī bài yī lǎng zhàn huǒ huò yán zhì tái hǎi
World Perspective: If the United States defeats Iran, the war may extend to the Taiwan Strait
视频丨繁荣昌盛,越来越好!这个春节听听大家...
shì pín 丨 fán róng chāng shèng , yuè lái yuè hǎo ! zhè gè chūn jié tīng tīng dà jiā . . .
Video丨Prosperity and prosperity, getting better and better! This Spring Festival, listen to everyone...
微视频|冀望米兰·一封家书——致河北运动员何...
wēi shì pín 冀 wàng mǐ lán yī fēng jiā shū — — zhì hé běi yùn dòng yuán hé . . .
Micro video|Hope Milan A letter from home - to Hebei athletes...
视频丨跨越4000多公里 为了让援疆民警尝...
shì pín 丨 kuà yuè 4 0 0 0 duō gōng lǐ wéi le ràng yuán jiāng mín jǐng cháng . . .
Video丨Spanning more than 4,000 kilometers, in order to let the police who aid Xinjiang taste...
你最喜欢什么电视剧？
Nǐ zuì xǐhuan shénme diànshìjù?
Which drama series do you like best?
您能把电视开小声点吗？
Nín néng bǎ diànshì kāi xiǎoshēng diǎn ma?
Can you turn the TV down?
你知道那座电视塔有多高吗？
Nǐ zhīdào nà zuò diànshìtǎ yǒu duō gāo ma?
Do you know how high the television tower is?
你可以把电视的音量调低一点吗？
Nǐ kěyǐ bǎ diànshì de yīnliàng tiáo dī yīdiǎn ma?
Would you please turn down the TV?
Character Family
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