近視

See also: 近视

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (近視)		近	視
simp. (近视)		近	视
Literally: “near sight”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiun-sṳ
• Eastern Min (BUC): gê̤ṳng-sé
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kūn-sī / kǔn-sī / kīn-sī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): geng⁶ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnshì → jìnshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ → ㄐㄧㄣˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-shih⁵
    • Yale: jìn-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn.shyh
    • Palladius: цзиньши (czinʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 近世 近侍 近視／近视 進士／进士

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gan⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: gahn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 近侍 近視／近视

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiun-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiun sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiun⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯un⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gê̤ṳng-sé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nɛi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūn-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kūn-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxnsi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun²²⁻²¹ si²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǔn-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kǔn-sī
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun²² si⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kīn-sī
    • Tâi-lô: kīn-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixnsi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin³³⁻²¹ si³³/
    • IPA (Penang): /kin²¹ si²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin²²⁻²¹ si²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: geng⁶ si⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆ng sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/

Noun

近視

1. (pathology) myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness

Synonyms

• (Liuzhou Mandarin) 瞇趨／眯趋, 瞇趨眼／眯趋眼
• (Northern Min) 睼目
• (Xiang) 近𥉻子

Adjective

近視

1. (pathology) myopic; near-sighted; short-sighted

   我很近視，黑板上的小字我看不到。 [MSC, trad.]
   我很近视，黑板上的小字我看不到。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ hěn jìnshì, hēibǎn shàng de xiǎo zì wǒ kàn bù dào. [Pinyin]

   I am very myopic. I can't see the small characters on the blackboard.

   我細佬近視好深。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我细佬近视好深。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ sai³ lou² gan⁶ si⁶ hou² sam¹. [Jyutping]

   My younger brother is very myopic.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 近視 (“myopic; near-sighted; short-sighted”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		近視, 短視
Mandarin	Taiwan	近視
	Wuhan	近光
	Liuzhou	瞇趨
	Nanjing	眊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	近視
	Hong Kong	近視
Hakka	Meixian	近視
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	近視
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	近視
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	近視
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	近視
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	近視
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	近視
Huizhou	Jixi	近視
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	近視
Southern Min	Xiamen	覷懵, 覷目
	Quanzhou	覷懵, 覷目
	Zhangzhou	覷懵, 覷目, 覷睛
	Penang (Hokkien)	近視
	Shantou	近覷
	Shantou (Chenghai)	近覷
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	近覷
	Haikou	近見
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	近視
Wu	Jinhua	近刺, 近視
Xiang	Changsha	𥉻

Derived terms

• 近視眼／近视眼 (jìnshìyǎn)

 

See also

• 遠視／远视 (yuǎnshì)
• 散光 (sǎnguāng)
• 老花 (lǎohuā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
近	視
きん Grade: 2	し Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
近視 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんし [kìńshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɰ̃ɕi]

• Homophones: 金糸, 金紙, 金鵄, 菌糸, 勤仕, 禁止, 錦糸

Noun

近(きん)視(し) • (kinshi) 

1. (pathology) myopia

Synonyms

• 近(きん)視(し)眼(がん) (kinshigan)
• 近(きん)眼(がん) (kingan)

See also

• 遠(えん)視(し) (enshi)
• 乱(らん)視(し) (ranshi)
• 老(ろう)視(し) (rōshi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
近	視

Noun

近視 • (geunsi or McCune-Reischauer: kŭnsi or Yale: kūnsi) (hangeul 근시)

1. Hanja form^? of 근시 (“myopia”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
近	視

Adjective

近視

1. chữ Hán form of cận thị (“short-sighted; near-sighted; myopic”).