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视力

shì lì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 視力

视力 (shì lì) means "vision; eyesight". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 视力 means

1. eyesight; visual acuity

The characters in 视力

• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 他的视力不佳。
  Tā de shìlì bù jiā.
  He has poor eyesight.
• 我的视力很好。
  I have good eyesight.
• 他的视力很好。
  He has good eyesight.
• 请验验我的视力。
  Please check my vision.
• 我的视力正慢慢下降。
  Wǒ de shìlì zhèng mànmàn xiàjiàng.
  My eyesight is getting worse.
• 我要来检查你的视力。
  I'll check your vision.

Words starting with 视力

• 视力表shì lì biǎoeye chart (used by optician)
• 视力测定法shì lì cè dìng fǎoptometry; eyesight testing

Sounds the same

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

• 事例example; exemplar; typical case
• 势利snobbish
• 市立municipal; city; city-run
• 示例to illustrate; typical example
• 侍立to stand by in attendance

Where 视力 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shì (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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