HSK 6 · Verbs

凝视 níngshì “to gaze at” in Chinese

Traditional 凝視

What 凝视 means

  1. to gaze at
  2. to stare at
  3. to fix one’s eyes on

How to say 凝视

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale凝níng2nd 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

凝视 in a sentence

  1. 女孩凝视着洋娃娃。

    Nǚhái níngshì zhe yángwáwa.

    The girl was gazing at the doll.

    Sentence #1416159 from Tatoeba

How 凝视 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 凝 (níng) with each of its parts in a different colour
凝níngto congeal
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 疑to doubt · yíSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 疑 (yí) hints at the sound. Compare it with níng.

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 凝视

凝 16 strokes · 视 8 strokes

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

Words related to 凝视

Words with 凝

凝固nínggù · to solidify凝聚níngjù · to condense

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注视zhùshì · to gaze at鄙视bǐshì · to despise

More words: Common Verbs

沐浴mùyù · to bathe拟定nǐdìng · to draw up捏niē · to pinch拧níng · to twist扭转niǔzhuǎn · to turn around挪nuó · to move趴pā · to lie face down排斥páichì · to exclude

FAQs

凝视 (níngshì) means “to gaze at” or “to stare at”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it níngshì: níng 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, 凝视 is written 凝視. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ningshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 凝视 from the suggestions. Typing ningshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
凝视 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.