视

shì

(literary, or bound form) to look at

omen sign (礻) + see (见) = to look at

见 carries the core meaning: to see or perceive. 礻 is a variant of 示 and here mainly contributes the sound shì rather than its 'show' or 'omen' meaning.

礻+见→视
礻Variant of 示Phonetic
见To seeSemantic

他环视了一下房间,没有发现任何人。

tā huán shì le yī xià fáng jiān,méi yǒu fā xiàn rèn hé rén。

he looked around the room and did not find anyone.

她用怀疑的眼神审视着眼前的每一份文件。

tā yòng huái yí de yǎn shén shěn shì zhe yǎn qián de měi yī fèn wén jiàn。

she scrutinized every document in front of her with a suspicious gaze.

Words with 视

混淆视听

hùn xiáo shì tīng

to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods

中视

zhōng shì

China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan (abbr. for 中國電視公司|中国电视公司[Zhong1 guo2 Dian4 shi4 Gong1 si1])

卫星电视

wèi xīng diàn shì

satellite TV

闭路电视

bì lù diàn shì

closed-circuit television

仰视

yǎng shì

to tilt one's head back to see (sth)

近视

jìn shì

shortsighted

视力

shì lì

eyesight; visual acuity

视障

shì zhàng

visual impairment

监视居住

jiān shì jū zhù

to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance

一视同仁

yī shì tóng rén

to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people

坐视不理

zuò shì bù lǐ

to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)

数字电视

shù zì diàn shì

digital television

More characters with 礻

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