HSK 6 · Verbs

盯 dīng “to stare at” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 盯 means

  1. to stare at
  2. to keep an eye on
  3. to watch attentively
  4. to fix one’s attention on
  5. to gaze at

How to say 盯

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale盯dīng1st tone, high and level

盯 in a sentence

  1. 别盯着别人看。

    Bié dīng zhe biéren kàn.

    Don’t stare at others.

    Sentence #3341518 from Tatoeba

  2. 经理像是生气了一样盯着我。

    Jīnglǐ xiàng shì shēngqì le yíyàng dīng zhe wǒ.

    My manager stared at me as if he were angry.

    Sentence #13906321 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 素颜太害羞了，请不要盯着我看。

    Sùyán tài hàixiū le, qǐng búyào dīng zhe wǒ kàn.

    I feel so shy without make-up, so please don’t stare at me.

    Sentence #8924794 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 盯 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 盯 (dīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
盯dīngto watch attentively
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 丁part of the characterSound part

How to write 盯

盯 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

盯 (dīng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 盯 (dīng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 盯

More words: Common Verbs

吊diào · to hang叼diāo · to hold in the mouth跌diē · to fall抵抗dǐkàng · to resist动手dòngshǒu · to start work东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions端duān · to carry (level with both hands)断绝duànjué · to break off

FAQs

盯 (dīng) means “to stare at” or “to keep an eye on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dīng: dīng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 盯 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 盯 from the suggestions. Typing ding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
盯 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.