HSK 6 · Verbs

注视 zhùshì “to gaze at” in Chinese

Traditional 注視

What 注视 means

  1. to gaze at
  2. to watch closely
  3. to look attentively at
  4. to closely watch

How to say 注视

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale注zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale视shì4th tone, falling

注视 in a sentence

  1. 她注视着一个不明飞行物，哑口无言。

    Tā zhùshì zhe yí ge bùmíngfēixíngwù, yǎkǒuwúyán.

    She stared at a UFO, speechless.

    Sentence #1423367 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 注视 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 注 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
注zhùto pour into; to flow into; to inject
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 主to own · zhǔSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 主 (zhǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

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 注视

注 8 strokes · 视 8 strokes

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

Words related to 注视

Words with 注

注意zhùyì · pay attention to关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to注册zhùcè · to register注射zhùshè · to inject注重zhùzhòng · to emphasise注释zhùshì · annotation

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凝视níngshì · to gaze at鄙视bǐshì · to despise

More words: Common Verbs

拽zhuài · to pull转移zhuǎnyí · to transfer坠zhuì · to fall着手zhuóshǒu · to set about铸造zhùzào · to cast (metal)揍zòu · to beat up阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder阻拦zǔlán · to stop

FAQs

注视 (zhùshì) means “to gaze at” or “to watch closely”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhùshì: zhù with a 4th 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, 注视 is written 注視. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 注视 from the suggestions. Typing zhushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
注视 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.