近
视

Shortsighted in Chinese: 近视 (jìn shì)

jìn shì

shortsighted

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 近視1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1shortsighted
  2. 2nearsighted
  3. 3myopia

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近
视

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄣˋ

jìn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

近视

Simplified

近視

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 长时间看手机容易近视。

    cháng shí jiān kàn shǒu jī róng yì jìn shì。

    Looking at your phone for long periods easily causes nearsightedness.

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Related words

近

jìn

near

电视

diàn shì

television

附近

fù jìn

nearby

最近

zuì jìn

recently

重视

zhòng shì

to attach importance to sth

忽视

hū shì

to neglect

接近

jiē jìn

to approach

近代

jìn dài

the not-very-distant past

轻视

qīng shì

contempt

将近

jiāng jìn

almost

近期

jìn qī

near in time

影视

yǐng shì

movies and television

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