巡视 (xún shì) — to inspect (a site or area, especially as an of… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

An official inspection: a superior (领导/检查组) goes to a site to check on work, more formal than 考察 and more authoritative than 参观. 比视察更书面，强调巡查。

verb

to inspect (a site or area, especially as an official)to surveyto scan (a scene) with one's eyes

Examples

巡视。
Shàng jí lǐng dǎo měi nián dōu huì lái zhè ge dì qū xún shì yí cì.
Superior leaders come to inspect this region once a year.
巡视。
Tā zhàn zài yáng tái shàng xún shì zhěng gè chéng shì.
He stood on the balcony and surveyed the whole city.
巡视。
Jiǎn chá zǔ zhèng zài gōng chǎng xún shì shēng chǎn qíng kuàng.
The inspection team is inspecting the production situation at the factory.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

巡 (patrol) and 视 (look) combine to mean going around and looking over.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

川

川chuān巡xún

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

巡 pairs 辵, a walking part, with 川 as a sound part.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 視; 视 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

見見jiànsee

Sound part声符shēngfú

示

示shì視shì

Same sound today

The story is about the traditional form 視: it combines 見, meaning see, with 示, which gives the sound shì.

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