視線

See also: 视线

Chinese

		to look at; to regard; to inspect	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (視線/視綫)		視	線/綫
simp. (视线)		视	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ sin³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sī-sòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si⁷ suan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshiann
    • Palladius: шисянь (šisjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ sin³
    • Yale: sih sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sī-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixsvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹⁻²² suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ suã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si⁷ suan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sī suàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si¹¹ sũã²¹³/

Noun

視線

1. line of sight; field of view
2. attention; focus

Synonyms

• (field of view):

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• 目光 (mùguāng)
• 眼光 (yǎnguāng)
• 眼火 (⁶nge-hu) (Wu)
• 視域／视域 (shìyù)
• 視界／视界 (shìjiè)
• 視野／视野 (shìyě)
• 視閾／视阈 (shìyù) (literary)

 

• (attention):

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• 心神 (xīnshén)
• 注意 (zhùyì)
• 注意力 (zhùyìlì)
• 眼球 (yǎnqiú) (figurative)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (視線):

• → Japanese: 視線(しせん) (shisen)
• → Korean: 시선(視線) (siseon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
視	線
し Grade: 6	せん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
視線 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕisẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

視(し)線(せん) • (shisen) 

1. eyes, gaze, glance

   人(ひと)の視線(しせん)が怖(こわ)くて怖(こわ)くてたまらない。

   Hito no shisen ga kowakute kowakute tamaranai.

   I can't handle the fear of when people look at me.

   視線(しせん)を合(あ)わせる

   shisen o awaseru

   to make eye contact