視 (si6 | shi4) : look at; observe; see; watch

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視

si6

shi4

[1] [v] look at; inspect; observe; see; watch [2] [v] consider; regard as; take it for; look upon as [4] [v] show [5] [v] receive (present, etc.) [6] [v] take as a model; imitate

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#147)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

視 / 视

This word has been viewed 14440 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:58

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電視 din6 si6 dian4 shi4 = television; TV

收視率 sau1 si6 leot6*2 shou1 shi4 lv4 = viewership ratings

電視機 din6 si6 gei1 dian4 shi4 ji1 = a television / TV set

閉路電視 bai3 lou6 din6 si6 bi4 lu4 dian4 shi4 = closed-circuit television

鄙視 pei2 si6 bi3 shi4 = to look down upon

電視綫路 din6 si6 sin3 lou6 = television channel

電視頻道 din6 si6 pan4 dou6 = television channel

電視台 din6 si6 toi4 dian4 shi4 tai2 = television station/network

電視畫面 din6 si6 waa6*2 min6*2 = television screen 粵

電視屏幕 din6 si6 ping4 mok6 = television screen 國
See all 137 compounds (CantoDict reports 149 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 視

呢排我成日都睇電視粵
Recently I've been watching tv all day.

我一定要睇電視粵
I must watch TV!
[(spoken by someone obviously addicted to TV!)]

我唔睇電視唔得喇! 粵
I need to watch TV!
[Literally "I cannot not watch TV".]

聖誕期間﹐電視有好多好戲睇! 粵
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!

聖誕期間，電視上播很多好看的電影國
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!

唔好笑得咁大聲啦！畀人歧視喇！
Don't laugh so loudly! We are being discriminated!

你要什麼品牌的電視機? 國
What brand (type) of TV do you want?

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 視
Unicode code for this character: U+8996 (off-site link)

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