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视 — to look at

Pinyin
shì
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 视: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

视 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 视 in the HSK syllabus: 32

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 电视diànshìtelevision; TVHSK 1
  2. 电视剧diànshìjùTV series; TV dramaHSK 4
  3. 视频shìpínvideoHSK 4
  4. 重视zhòngshìto attach importance to sth; to valueHSK 4
  5. 电视台diànshìtáitelevision stationHSK 5
  6. 忽视hūshìto neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignoreHSK 5
  7. 视为shìwéito view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deemHSK 5
  8. 影视yǐngshìmovies and televisionHSK 5
  9. 近视jìnshìmyopic; nearsighted; shortsightedHSK 6
  10. 视觉shìjuésight; vision; visualHSK 6
  11. 视力shìlìeyesight; visual acuityHSK 6
  12. 鄙视bǐshìto despise; to disdain; to look down uponHSK 7–9
  13. 敌视díshìhostile; malevolence; antagonism; to view as enemyHSK 7–9
  14. 俯视fǔshìto overlook; to look down atHSK 7–9
  15. 监视jiānshìto monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillanceHSK 7–9
  16. 藐视miǎoshìto despise; to look down onHSK 7–9
  17. 蔑视mièshìto loathe; to despise; contemptHSK 7–9
  18. 凝视níngshìto gaze at; to fix one's eyes onHSK 7–9
  19. 歧视qíshìto discriminate against; discriminationHSK 7–9
  20. 轻视qīngshìcontempt; contemptuous; to despise; to scornHSK 7–9
  21. 审视shěnshìto look closely at; to examineHSK 7–9
  22. 视察shìcháto inspect; an investigationHSK 7–9
  23. 视角shìjiǎoangle from which one observes an objectHSK 7–9
  24. 视线shìxiànline of sightHSK 7–9
  25. 视野shìyěfield of view; outlook; perspectiveHSK 7–9
  26. 收视率shōushìlǜratingsHSK 7–9
  27. 卫视wèishìsatellite TVHSK 7–9
  28. 巡视xúnshìto inspect; to visit; to go on an inspection tourHSK 7–9
  29. 珍视zhēnshìto place great importance on; to treasureHSK 7–9
  30. 正视zhèngshìto face squarely; to meet head on; to face up toHSK 7–9
  31. 直视zhíshìto look straight atHSK 7–9
  32. 注视zhùshìto look attentively at; to closely watch; to gaze atHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.