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視

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Mandarin · pinyin shì

(literary, or bound form) to look at

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視: Look up this written character
视: shì · look at, inspect, observe, see

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4 · shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

si6

Cantonese word readings for 視. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(in-compounds, literary) to watch; to look; to view; to look at; compare 見 /见 (“to see”).
(in-compounds, literary) to watch; to look; to view; to look at; compare 見 /见 (“to see”). — to inspect; to examine
(in-compounds, literary) to watch; to look; to view; to look at; compare 見 /见 (“to see”). — to regard as; to consider as; to take as
(in-compounds, literary) to watch; to look; to view; to look at; compare 見 /见 (“to see”). — to visit
(in-compounds, literary) to watch; to look; to view; to look at; compare 見 /见 (“to see”). — to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after; to imitate
(in-compounds, literary) to watch; to look; to view; to look at; compare 見 /见 (“to see”). — to deal with; to manage; to care for
(in-compounds, literary) to compare with
(in-compounds, literary) to compare with — to be comparable
(in-compounds, literary) eyesight; sight
(alt-of, alternative, in-compounds, literary) alternative form of 示 (“to show”)
(in-compounds, literary) 63rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝍄)

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