HSK 6 · Body

视线 shìxiàn “line of sight” in Chinese

Traditional 視線

What 视线 means

  1. line of sight
  2. view

How to say 视线

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale视shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale线xiàn4th tone, falling

视线 in a sentence

  1. 她转移了视线。

    Tā zhuǎnyí le shìxiàn.

    She looked away.

    Sentence #825166 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 走路的时候，视线不要离开你的包。

    Zǒulù de shíhou, shìxiàn búyào líkāi nǐ de bāo.

    Keep an eye on your bag while walking.

    Sentence #2394594 from Tatoeba

  3. 她挥着她的手，直到火车消失在视线之外。

    Tā huī zhe tā de shǒu, zhídào huǒchē xiāoshī zài shìxiàn zhīwài.

    She kept waving until the train was out of sight.

    Sentence #332506 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 视线 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 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.

The character 线 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
线xiànthread
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 戋small · jiānSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 戋 (jiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiàn.

How to write 视线

视 8 strokes · 线 8 strokes

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

Words related to 视线

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鄙视bǐshì · to despise

Words with 线

占线zhànxiàn · busy (telephone line)线索xiànsuǒ · clue

More words: People, Body & Health

舌头shétou · tongue视力shìlì · eyesight逝世shìshì · to pass away尸体shītǐ · corpse手势shǒushì · gesture衰老shuāilǎo · to grow old死亡sǐwáng · death四肢sìzhī · limbs

FAQs

视线 (shìxiàn) means “line of sight” or “view”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìxiàn: shì with a 4th tone, then xiàn 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, 视线 is written 視線. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shixian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 视线 from the suggestions. Typing shixian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
视线 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.