HSK 6 · Verbs

监视 jiānshì “to monitor” in Chinese

Traditional 監視

What 监视 means

  1. to monitor
  2. to keep watch on
  3. to keep a close watch over
  4. surveillance

How to say 监视

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale监jiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale视shì4th tone, falling

监视 in a sentence

  1. 他在监视着。

    Tā zài jiānshì zhe.

    He’s keeping watch.

    Sentence #787271 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 有人在监视。

    Yǒurén zài jiānshì.

    Someone is watching.

    Sentence #5091339 from Tatoeba

How 监视 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 监 (jiān) drawn as one shape
监jiānto supervise

监 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 监视

监 10 strokes · 视 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 监视

Words with 监

监督jiāndū · to supervise监狱jiānyù · prison

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)凝视níngshì · to gaze at注视zhùshì · to gaze at鄙视bǐshì · to despise

More words: Common Verbs

拣jiǎn · to pick将就jiāngjiu · to make do降临jiànglín · to arrive简化jiǎnhuà · to simplify践踏jiàntà · to trample检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect交叉jiāochā · to cross夹杂jiāzá · to be mixed with

FAQs

监视 (jiānshì) means “to monitor” or “to keep watch on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiānshì: jiān with a 1st 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, 监视 is written 監視. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 监视 from the suggestions. Typing jianshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
监视 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.