直 视

zhíshì

verbHSK 7-9

“To look straight at” in Chinese is 直视 (zhíshì).

Meaning

to look straight at

Example

我直视他的眼睛。

I looked into his eyes.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zhíHSK 28 strokesZhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God shìHSK 18 strokes(literary, or bound form) to look at

More HSK 7-9 words

妒忌dùjìto be jealous of (sb's achievements etc)HSK 7-9 沽名钓誉gūmíng-diàoyùto angle for fame (idiom)HSK 7-9 破除pòchúto eliminateHSK 7-9 有幸yǒuxìngfortunatelyHSK 7-9 口感kǒugǎnmouthfeel; texture (of food)HSK 7-9 苦心kǔxīnpainstaking effortHSK 7-9 头部tóubùheadHSK 7-9 有益yǒuyìusefulHSK 7-9 追溯zhuīsùlit. to go upstreamHSK 7-9 转交zhuǎnjiāoto pass on to sbHSK 7-9

Not to be confused with: 致使 (zhìshǐ, to cause) · 知识 (zhīshi, knowledge) · 芝士 (zhīshì, (loanword) cheese) · 只是 (zhǐshì, merely; only; just; nothing but) · 指示 (zhǐshì, to point out)