漠视 (mò shì) — to ignore; to disregard; to treat as unimportant | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A formal verb meaning to deliberately ignore or treat as unimportant, often with a sense of negligence toward something serious. Stronger and more written than 忽视, which is neutral 'overlook'.

verb

to ignoreto disregardto treat as unimportant

Examples

漠视，。
Gōng sī cháng qī mò shì yuán gōng de ān quán wèn tí, zuì zhōng dǎo zhì le shì gù.
The company long ignored employees' safety issues, eventually leading to an accident.
漠视。
Wǒ men bù néng mò shì qì hòu biàn huà dài lái de cháng yuǎn yǐng xiǎng.
We cannot disregard the long-term effects of climate change.
漠视，。
Tā mò shì le péng you de quàn gào, jié guǒ chī le dà kuī.
He ignored his friend's advice and ended up suffering a great loss.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

漠mòindifferent

漠 means cold or indifferent, and 视 is looking; together they mean looking at something as if it were unimportant.

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

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

莫

莫mò漠mò

Same sound today

漠 pairs 水 (water) with 莫 as the sound part. The water part shows the meaning is connected to water.

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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