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镜

jìng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 鏡

What 镜 means

1. mirror
2. lens

Example sentences

• 照镜子。
  Look in the mirror.
• 他戴眼镜。
  He is wearing glasses.
• 别打碎镜子。
  Don't break a mirror.
• 这眼镜真酷。
  These glasses are cool.
• 把眼镜戴上!
  Put your glasses on.
• 汤姆戴眼镜。
  Tom wears glasses.

Words starting with 镜

• 镜子jìng zimirror
• 镜头jìng tóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene
• 镜像jìng xiàngmirror image
• 镜片jìng piànlens
• 镜框jìng kuàngpicture frame; spectacle frame
• 镜架jìng jiàeyeglasses frame; mirror support
• 镜花jìng huādecorative mirror
• 镜湖区Jìng hú QūJinghu, a district of Wuhu City 芜湖市
• 镜像站点jìng xiàng zhàn diǎn(computing) mirror site
• 镜框舞台jìng kuàng wǔ táitheatrical set
• 镜花水月jìng huā shuǐ yuèlit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom)…
• 镜头语言jìng tóu yǔ yáncinematic language (the visual grammar and techniques of filmmaking)
• 镜花缘Jìng huā YuánJinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition…
• 镜鸾jìng luánto lose one's spouse
• 镜湖Jìng húsee 镜湖区

Words containing 镜

• 眼镜yǎn jìngspectacles; eyeglasses
• 望远镜wàng yuǎn jìngtelescope; binoculars
• 墨镜mò jìngsunglasses
• 照镜子zhào jìng zito look in the mirror
• 放大镜fàng dà jìngmagnifying glass
• 后视镜hòu shì jìngrearview mirror
• 明镜míng jìngmirror…
• 太阳镜tài yáng jìngsunglasses
• 显微镜xiǎn wēi jìngmicroscope
• 眼镜蛇yǎn jìng shécobra
• 隐形眼镜yǐn xíng yǎn jìngcontact lens
• 反光镜fǎn guāng jìngreflector (typically concave, as in a torch); mirror (typically plane or convex)
• 大跌眼镜dà diē yǎn jìng(fig.) to be astounded
• 上镜shàng jìngphotogenic; to appear on film or in the media
• 借镜jiè jìng(Taiwan) to draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things)…
• 出镜chū jìngto appear on camera; to play a role in a film
• 分镜fēn jìngstoryboard
• 泳镜yǒng jìngswimming goggles
• 物镜wù jìngobjective (optics)
• 目镜mù jìngeyepiece
• 破镜pò jìngbroken mirror; fig. broken marriage; divorce
• 试镜shì jìngto take a screen test; to audition; screen test
• 透镜tòu jìnglens (optics)
• 运镜yùn jìng(cinematography) camera movement (tracking, panning, zooming etc)…

Characters built on 竟

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

• 境jìngborder; place; condition
• 獍jìnga mythical animal that eats its mother

Characters that look like 镜

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

• 镑bàngpound (sterling) (loanword)
• 镗tāngnoise of drums
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient
• 镌juānto engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe
• 镫dèngstirrup

Sounds the same

Read jìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 境border; place; condition
• 静still; calm; quiet
• 净clean; completely; only
• 竟unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to
• 竞to compete; to contend; to struggle
• 敬(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
• 径footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 靓to make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful
• 靖(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
• 婧(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 劲stalwart; sturdy; strong
• 迳used in personal names and place names