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视

shì

HSK 1 Character Traditional 視

What 视 means

1. (literary, or bound form) to look at

Other readings

视 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shìvariant of {视|shì}; variant of {示|shì}
• shìold variant of {视|shì}

Example sentences

• 开电视。
  Turn on the TV.
• 关闭电视机
  Guānbì diànshìjī
  Turn off the TV.
• 我看电视。
  I watch television.
• 看电视吧。
  Let's watch TV.
• 电视坏了。
  The television doesn't work.
• 我鄙视你。
  I despise you.

Words starting with 视

• 视线shì xiànline of sight
• 视野shì yěfield of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective
• 视力shì lìeyesight; visual acuity
• 视频shì pínvideo
• 视为shì wéito view as; to see as; to consider to be
• 视觉shì juésight; vision; visual
• 视察shì cháto inspect; an investigation
• 视角shì jiǎoangle from which one observes an object; (fig.) perspective; viewpoint…
• 视听shì tīngwhat people see and hear; public perception; audiovisual
• 视界shì jièfield of vision
• 视而不见shì ér bù jiàn(idiom) to turn a blind eye to; to ignore
• 视作shì zuòto regard as; to treat as
• 视窗shì chuānga window (on a computer screen)
• 视网膜shì wǎng móretina
• 视同shì tóngto regard the same as; to regard as being the same as
• 视死如归shì sǐ rú guīto view death as a return home; to not be afraid of dying…
• 视若无睹shì ruò wú dǔto turn a blind eye to
• 视区shì qūfield of view
• 视力表shì lì biǎoeye chart (used by optician)
• 视图shì túview
• 视效shì xiàovisual effect (abbr. for 视觉效果
• 视同己出shì tóng jǐ chūto regard sb as one's own child
• 视为知己shì wéi zhī jǐto consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence
• 视力测定法shì lì cè dìng fǎoptometry; eyesight testing

Words containing 视

• 电视diàn shìtelevision; TV
• 重视zhòng shìto attach importance to sth; to value
• 忽视hū shìto neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore
• 轻视qīng shìcontempt; contemptuous; to despise
• 注视zhù shìto look attentively at; to closely watch; to gaze at
• 歧视qí shìto discriminate against; discrimination
• 监视jiān shìto monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance
• 凝视níng shìto gaze at; to fix one's eyes on
• 近视jìn shìmyopic; nearsighted; (fig.) shortsighted
• 蔑视miè shìto loathe; to despise; contempt
• 敌视dí shìhostile; malevolence; antagonism
• 电视剧diàn shì jùTV series; TV drama
• 电视台diàn shì táitelevision station
• 影视yǐng shìmovies and television
• 电视机diàn shì jītelevision set
• 央视Yāng shìChina Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中国中央电视台
• 中央电视台Zhōng yāng Diàn shì táiChina Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
• 鄙视bǐ shìto despise; to disdain; to look down upon
• 审视shěn shìto look closely at; to examine
• 透视tòu shì(drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy…
• 正视zhèng shìto face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
• 对视duì shìto look face to face
• 巡视xún shìto inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour…
• 无视wú shìto ignore; to disregard

Characters built on 礻

These share the phonetic component 礻 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 礼lǐgift; rite; ceremony
• 祈qíto implore; to pray; to request
• 祉zhǐfelicity
• 禧xǐjoy
• 祢nǐyou (used to address a deity)
• 祇qígod of the earth
• 祀sìto sacrifice; to offer libation to
• 祠císhrine; to offer a sacrifice

Characters that look like 视

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 规guīcompass; a rule; regulation
• 疯fēnginsane; mad; wild
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 珑lóngtinkling of gem-pendants
• 砚yànink-stone

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼
• 柿persimmon