Chinese word

近视

Pronunciation

Pinyinjìn shì

Meaning

  • nounnearsightedness

Example

孩子有近视，要控制看电子产品的时间。hái zi yǒu jìn shì yào kòng zhì kàn diàn zi chán pǐn de shí jiān

The child has nearsightedness, so they need to limit the time they spend looking at electronic devices.

Illustration for 近视 (nearsightedness)

More examples

医生建议尽量延缓儿童的近视发展。yī shēng jiàn yì jǐn liàng yán huǎn ér tóng de jìn shì fā zhǎn

Doctors recommend delaying the progression of nearsightedness in children as much as possible.

Core concept

Vision stays sharp nearby but loses focus on distant objects.

Common phrases

  • 患有近视huàn yǒu jìn shì

    have nearsightedness

  • 戴近视眼镜dài jìn shì yǎn jìng

    wear glasses for nearsightedness

  • 高度近视gāo dù jìn shì

    severe nearsightedness

Similar words

近视眼jìn shì yǎn: A familiar term for a focusing problem that blurs distant objects but not nearby ones.
远视yuǎn shì: A focusing problem in which nearby objects look blurred while far objects look clear.

Definition in Chinese

近视是指在自然状态下，远视力低于正常且近距离视物相对清晰的一种屈光不正，俗称近视眼或短视。jìn shì shì zhǐ zài zì rán zhuàng tài xià yuǎn shì lì dī yú zhèng cháng qiě jìn jù lí shì wù xiāng duì qīng xī de yì zhǒng qū guāng bú zhèng sú chēng jìn shì yǎn huò duǎn shì

Word origin

近视 (jìnshì, "nearsightedness") combines 近 (jìn, "near") and 视 (shì, "vision"), naming the condition by the distance at which vision is clearest.

Usage tips

  • In everyday eye-care conversations, 几度 (jǐ dù, "how many degrees") asks how strong a person's lens prescription is, a practical follow-up when discussing this condition.

Other meanings

  • nearsighted personnoun
  • shortsightednessnoun

Opposites

  • 远视yuǎn shìfarsightednessnoun

Related words

  • 近视度数jìn shì dù shùdegree of nearsightednessnoun
  • 近视眼jìn shì yǎnnearsighted personnoun
  • 近视矫正jìn shì jiǎo zhèngnearsightedness correctionnoun

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