视 shì look at
look at; to regard
怎么记住“视”: 礻 spirit + 见 see = look at. A tourist squints at the pale spirit in the painting, leans in to see its face, then steps back to look at the whole picture.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
视 = 礻 spirit + 见 see
- 礻 spirit sound
- 见 see meaning
A tourist squints at the pale spirit in the painting, leans in to see its face, then steps back to look at the whole picture.
How it came to be
Seeing gives the meaning and the spirit sign on the left gives the sound.
用法
- A bookish 'look at / regard': 重视 (zhòngshì) attach importance to, 忽视 (hūshì) overlook, 视为 (shìwéi) regard as.
- Very common in screen/media words: 电视 (diànshì) television, 视频 (shìpín) video, 电视剧 (diànshìjù) TV drama.
- Rarely stands alone; for plain 'look' use 看 (kàn). 视 signals a considered or evaluative way of viewing.
含“视”的词语
- 电视diànshìtelevisionHSK 1
- 重视zhòngshìto valueHSK 4
- 电视剧diànshìjùTV seriesHSK 4
- 视频shìpínvideoHSK 4
- 影视yǐngshìmovies and televisionHSK 5
- 忽视hūshìto neglectHSK 5
- 电视台diànshìtáitelevision stationHSK 5
- 视为shìwéito view asHSK 5
- 视力shìlìeyesightHSK 6
- 视觉shìjuésightHSK 6
- 近视jìnshìshortsightedHSK 6
- 卫视wèishìsatellite TV (short for 卫星电视)HSK 7
- 正视zhèngshìto face squarelyHSK 7
- 注视zhùshìto look attentively atHSK 7
- 直视zhíshìto look straight atHSK 7
- 视察shìcháto inspectHSK 7
- 视线shìxiànline of sightHSK 7
- 视角shìjiǎoangle from which one observes an objectHSK 7
- 轻视qīngshìcontemptHSK 7
- 俯视fǔshìto overlookHSK 8
- 凝视níngshìto gaze atHSK 8
- 审视shěnshìto look closely atHSK 8
- 巡视xúnshìto inspect (a site)HSK 8
- 收视率shōushìlǜratings (of a TV show)HSK 8
- 敌视díshìhostileHSK 8
- 歧视qíshìto discriminate againstHSK 9
- 珍视zhēnshìto place great importance onHSK 9
- 监视jiānshìto monitorHSK 9
- 蔑视mièshìto loatheHSK 9
- 藐视miǎoshìto despiseHSK 9
- 视野shìyěfield of viewHSK 9
- 鄙视bǐshìto despiseHSK 9
例句
- 公司很重视人才。 Gōngsī hěn zhòngshì réncái.The company attaches great importance to human talent.
- 这台电视坏了。 Zhè tái diànshì huài le.This TV is broken.
- 我在电视台工作。 Wǒ zài diànshìtái gōngzuò.I work at a television station.
- 他在换电视频道。 Tā zài huàn diànshì píndào.He's changing the TV channel.