监视

jiānshì

Traditional: 監視

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Translation

to monitor, to keep watch over, to surveil

Word origin

A compound of 监 (jiān, to oversee, to supervise) and 视 (shì, to look at), together meaning to watch over and keep under observation.

Origin
compound
Root
监 (jiān, to oversee) + 视 (shì, to look)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 监

Stroke order for 视

Examples

dòng

The police have been keeping watch over that house.

The shop has cameras monitoring everywhere.

He felt that he was being watched.

The doctor needs to monitor the patient's condition.

wǎng

The system automatically monitors network traffic.

监视 (jiān shì) is a verb meaning to monitor or to keep watch over. It implies close, often suspicious or official observation of a person, place or system.

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