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直视

zhí shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 直視

直视 (zhí shì) means "to look straight at". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 直视 means

1. to look straight at

The characters in 直视

• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at

Example sentences

• 我直视他的眼睛。
  Wǒ zhíshì tā de yǎnjing.
  I looked into his eyes.
• 她无法直视我的脸。
  Tā wúfǎ zhíshì wǒ de liǎn.
  She couldn't look me straight in the face.
• 美国政府一直视英国为美国的宠物。
  Měiguó zhèngfǔ yīzhí shì Yīngguó wèi Měiguó de chǒngwù.
  The American government has always regarded England as America's house pet.

Sounds the same

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

• 执事to perform one's job; attendant; job

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhí shì correctly.
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