盯
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to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 目 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 盯
- Common rank
- #3,497
- Unicode
- U+76EF
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 盯
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紧迫盯人 | (sports) to closely guard an opponent; (fig.) to keep a close eye on sb; to monitor closel… | |
| 盯市 | mark to market (accounting) | |
| 盯视 | to stare fixedly; to look concentratedly | |
| 盯住 | to watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports) | |
| 盯紧 | to keep an eye on | |
| 紧盯 | to gaze; to stare fixedly | |
| 盯牢 | to gaze intently at; to scrutinize | |
| 盯梢 | to follow sb; to tail; to shadow |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 丁 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁 sound part | male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem | |
| 打 | to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike | |
| 宁 | calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer | |
| 灯 | lamp, lantern, light | |
| 顶 | top, summit, peak; to carry on the head | |
| 厅 | hall, central room | |
| 订 | to make an order; to draw up an agreement | |
| 汀 | bank, sandbar; beach, shore | |
| 叮 | to persistently exhort or urge; sting (as of an insect) | |
| 町 | a raised path between fields | |
| 仃 | lonely, solitary | |
| 酊 | drunk, intoxicated | |
| 疔 | boil, carbuncle, ulcer | |
| 玎 | jingling, tinkling | |
| 耵 | earwax |