HSK 6 · Emotions

敌视 díshì “to be hostile to” in Chinese

Traditional 敵視

What 敌视 means

  1. to be hostile to
  2. hostility
  3. hostile
  4. malevolence
  5. antagonism
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to view as enemy
  • to stand against

How to say 敌视

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale敌dí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale视shì4th tone, falling

敌视 in a sentence

  1. 这只猫一直敌视新来的小狗。

    Zhè zhī māo yìzhí díshì xīn lái de xiǎogǒu.

    This cat has been hostile to the new puppy from the start.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 不要敌视跟你意见不同的人。

    Búyào díshì gēn nǐ yìjiàn bùtóng de rén.

    Don’t be hostile to people who disagree with you.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 敌视 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 敌 (dí) with each of its parts in a different colour
敌díenemy
  • 舌tongue · shé
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 啇 () hints at the sound. Compare it with dí.

The character 视 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
视shìto look at
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìSound part
  • 见to see · jiànMeaning part

见 hints at the meaning (to see); 礻 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with shì.

How to write 敌视

敌 10 strokes · 视 8 strokes

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

Words related to 敌视

Words with 敌

敌人dírén · enemy

Words with 视

电视diànshì · television重视zhòngshì · to take seriously忽视hūshì · to neglect轻视qīngshì · to look down on视力shìlì · eyesight视线shìxiàn · line of sight俯视fǔshì · to look down on (from above)监视jiānshì · to monitor凝视níngshì · to gaze at注视zhùshì · to gaze at

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冲动chōngdòng · impulse崇敬chóngjìng · to revere胆怯dǎnqiè · timid惦记diànjì · to keep thinking about丢人diūrén · to lose face恩怨ēnyuàn · old grudges反感fǎngǎn · to dislike废寝忘食fèiqǐnwàngshí · so absorbed one forgets to eat and sleep

FAQs

敌视 (díshì) means “to be hostile to” or “hostility”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it díshì: dí with a 2nd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 敌视 is written 敵視. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dishi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 敌视 from the suggestions. Typing dishi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
敌视 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.