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监视

jiān shì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 監視

监视 (jiān shì) means "to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 监视 means

1. to monitor
2. to keep a close watch over
3. surveillance

The characters in 监视

• 监jiānto supervise; to inspect; jail
• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at

Example sentences

• 他在监视着。
  Tā zài jiānshì zhe.
  He is keeping an eye out.
• 有人在监视。
  Yǒu rén zài jiānshì.
  Someone is watching.

Words starting with 监视

• 监视器jiān shì qìsecurity camera; surveillance monitor
• 监视居住jiān shì jū zhù(PRC law) residential surveillance; to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated…
• 监视孔jiān shì kǒngpeephole

Words containing 监视

• 连续监视lián xù jiān shìcontinuous monitoring
• 远距离监视yuǎn jù lí jiān shìoff-site monitoring
• 暗中监视àn zhōng jiān shìto monitor secretly; to spy on

Sounds the same

Read jiān shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 监誓to administer an oath

Where 监视 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiǎn–jiān (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiān shì correctly.
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