短視

See also: 短视

Chinese

		lack; short	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (短視)		短	視
simp. (短视)		短	视

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duǎnshì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄕˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnshìh
  - Wade–Giles: tuan³-shih⁴
  - Yale: dwǎn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doanshyh
  - Palladius: дуаньши (duanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Adjective

短視

(dated or pathology) myopic; near-sighted; short-sighted
- 吾生短視物如遮，老眼重增滿黑花。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  吾生短视物如遮，老眼重增满黑花。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: circa 1500, 吳寬,《病目》
  Wú shēng duǎnshì wù rú zhē, lǎoyǎn chóng zēng mǎn hēihuā. [Pinyin]
  I am myopic i
- 金生短視，偉丈夫取其眼鏡擲之，則怕死如蝟，泥首不已。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  金生短视，伟丈夫取其眼镜掷之，则怕死如猬，泥首不已。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1919, 林紓 (Lin Shu),《荊生》
  Jīn shēng duǎnshì, wěizhàngfū qǔ qí yǎnjìng zhì zhī, zé pàsǐ rú wèi, nìshǒu bùyǐ. [Pinyin]
  Mr. Jin was nearsighted. The strong man snatched his glasses and cast them onto the ground. Immediately he became as scared of death as a hedgehog [rolling itself into a ball], kowtowing nonstop.
(figurative) short-sighted; lacking foresight

Synonyms

(myopic): 近視／近视 (jìnshì)