Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

stare; gaze

Chinese: 集中目光看。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ding” becomes a different word in each tone. 盯 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 盯市dīng shìmark to market (accounting)
  • 盯住dīng zhùto watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports)
  • 盯视dīng shìto stare fixedly; to look concentratedly
  • 盯紧dīng jǐnto keep an eye on
  • 紧盯jǐn dīngto gaze; to stare fixedly

Example Sentence

他目不转睛地盯着电脑屏幕。Tā mù bù zhuǎn jīng de dīng zhe diàn nǎo píng mù.He stared at the computer screen without blinking.

he目不转睛mù bù zhuǎn jīngto starede(adverb marker)dīngto watch attentivelyzhe(ongoing action)电脑diàn nǎocomputer屏幕píng mùscreen (TV, computer or mo