Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/视(視)-shì-look-at,-regard,-inspect

视(視) shì look at, regard, inspect - Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 见 (見) jiàn “see”. Phonetic is 示 shì “show,” “reveal.” Distinguish traditional 視 from traditional 親 qīn.

Examples

• 电视 (電視) diànshì television [N]
• 看电视 (看電視) kàn diànshì watch television
• 电视台 (電視台) diànshìtái television station [N] (also written 電視臺 in traditional)
• 电视节目 (電視節目) diànshì jiémù television program [PH]
• 电视机 (電視機) diànshìjī television set, TV set [N]
• 电视记者 (電視記者) diànshì jìzhĕ television reporter, television journalist [PH

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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