HSK 6 · Verbs

俯视 fǔshì “to look down on (from above)” in Chinese

Traditional 俯視

What 俯视 means

  1. to look down on (from above)
  2. to overlook
  3. to look down at

How to say 俯视

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale俯fǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale视shì4th tone, falling

俯视 in a sentence

  1. 从山顶俯视，整个城市都在眼前。

    Cóng shāndǐng fǔshì, zhěng ge chéngshì dōu zài yǎnqián.

    Looking down from the mountaintop, you can see the whole city.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 站在楼顶可以俯视整个公园。

    Zhàn zài lóudǐng kěyǐ fǔshì zhěng ge gōngyuán.

    From the rooftop you can look down over the whole park.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 俯视 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 俯 (fǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
俯fǔto look down
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 府prefect · fǔSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 府 (fǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with fǔ.

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 俯视

俯 10 strokes · 视 8 strokes

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

Words related to 俯视

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监视jiānshì · to monitor凝视níngshì · to gaze at注视zhùshì · to gaze at鄙视bǐshì · to despise

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粉碎fěnsuì · to smash服从fúcóng · to obey覆盖fùgài · to cover抚摸fǔmō · to stroke敷衍fūyǎn · to do something perfunctorily赋予fùyǔ · to give辅助fǔzhù · to assist改良gǎiliáng · to improve

FAQs

俯视 (fǔshì) means “to look down on (from above)” or “to overlook”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǔshì: fǔ with a 3rd 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, 俯视 is written 俯視. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 俯视 from the suggestions. Typing fushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
俯视 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.