視察

See also: 视察

Chinese

		to look at; to regard; to inspect	examine; inquire; observe examine; inquire; observe; inspect; look into; to examine
trad. (視察)		視	察
simp. (视察)		视	察

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìchá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ caat³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-chhat

  (Hailu, HRS): shi^˖ cad

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sī-chhat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìchá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhchá
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chʻa²
    • Yale: shr̀-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhchar
    • Palladius: шича (šiča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ caat³
    • Yale: sih chaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ tsaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ cad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² t͡sʰaːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-chhat
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii cad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ cad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ t͡sʰat̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shi^˖ cad
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃi³³ t͡sʰat⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-chhat
    • Tâi-lô: sī-tshat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixzhad
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /si²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰat̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰat̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰat̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰat̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰat̚³²/

Verb

視察

1. to inspect
2. to watch; to observe

Synonyms

• (to inspect): 查點／查点 (chádiǎn), (literary, or in compounds) 閱／阅 (yuè)
• (to watch):

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• 偵測 / 侦测 (zhēncè)
• 察看 (chákàn)
• 審視 / 审视 (shěnshì)
• 打量
• 探望 (tànwàng)
• 探測 / 探测 (tàncè)
• 瞻視 / 瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)
• 視 / 视 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 觀察 / 观察 (guānchá)
• 觀望 / 观望 (guānwàng) (literary)
• 觀測 / 观测 (guāncè)
• 觀看 / 观看 (guānkàn)

Related terms

• 查考 (chákǎo)
• 考察 (kǎochá)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (視察):

• → Japanese: 視(し)察(さつ) (shisatsu)
• → Korean: 시찰(視察) (sichal)
• → Vietnamese: thị sát (視察)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
視	察
し Grade: 6	さつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
視察 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しさつ [shìsátsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕisa̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

視(し)察(さつ) • (shisatsu) 

1. inspection

Verb

視(し)察(さつ)する • (shisatsu suru) suru (stem 視(し)察(さつ)し (shisatsu shi), past 視(し)察(さつ)した (shisatsu shita))

1. inspect

Conjugation

Conjugation of "視察する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	視察し	しさつし	shisatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	視察し	しさつし	shisatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	視察する	しさつする	shisatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	視察する	しさつする	shisatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	視察すれ	しさつすれ	shisatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	視察せよ¹ 視察しろ²	しさつせよ¹ しさつしろ²	shisatsu seyo¹ shisatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	視察される	しさつされる	shisatsu sareru
Causative	視察させる 視察さす	しさつさせる しさつさす	shisatsu saseru shisatsu sasu
Potential	視察できる	しさつできる	shisatsu dekiru
Volitional	視察しよう	しさつしよう	shisatsu shiyō
Negative	視察しない	しさつしない	shisatsu shinai
Negative continuative	視察せず	しさつせず	shisatsu sezu
Formal	視察します	しさつします	shisatsu shimasu
Perfective	視察した	しさつした	shisatsu shita
Conjunctive	視察して	しさつして	shisatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	視察すれば	しさつすれば	shisatsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• “視察”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
視	察

Noun

視察 • (sichal) (hangeul 시찰)

1. hanja form^? of 시찰 (“inspection”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
視	察

Verb

視察

1. chữ Hán form of thị sát (“to inspect”)