HSK 6 · Verbs

目睹 mùdǔ “to witness” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 目睹 means

  1. to witness
  2. to see with one’s own eyes
  3. to see at first hand

How to say 目睹

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale目mù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale睹dǔ3rd tone, dipping

目睹 in a sentence

  1. 说起交通事故，我去年目睹了一场。

    Shuōqǐ jiāotōng shìgù, wǒ qùnián mùdǔ le yì chǎng.

    Speaking of traffic accidents, I witnessed one last year.

    Sentence #3080271 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 所目睹的不一定是真的。

    Suǒ mùdǔ de bù yídìng shì zhēn de.

    What you see with your own eyes isn’t necessarily true.

    Sentence #9432351 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 目睹 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 目 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
目mùeye
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 二two · èr

Memory aidDrawn from an eye, turned upright: eye.

The character 睹 (dǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
睹dǔto observe
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 者that which · zhěSound part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 者 (zhě) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǔ.

How to write 目睹

目 5 strokes · 睹 13 strokes

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

Words related to 目睹

Words with 目

节目jiémù · programme目的mùdì · purpose目前mùqián · at the present time目录mùlù · catalogue题目tímù · subject项目xiàngmù · item目标mùbiāo · target目光mùguāng · gaze盲目mángmù · blind科目kēmù · (school) subject

More words: Common Verbs

磨合móhé · to break in抹杀mǒshā · to write off摸索mōsuǒ · to grope谋求móuqiú · to seek沐浴mùyù · to bathe拟定nǐdìng · to draw up捏niē · to pinch拧níng · to twist

FAQs

目睹 (mùdǔ) means “to witness” or “to see with one’s own eyes”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mùdǔ: mù with a 4th tone, then dǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 目睹 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mudu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 目睹 from the suggestions. Typing mudu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
目睹 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.