Chinese symbol for “perspective”
透视
tòu shì
Traditional: 透視
(drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray; (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth; to gain insight
The closest CC-CEDICT match for perspective is 透视 (tòu shì), defined as: (drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray; (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth; to gain insight.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “perspective”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前景 | qián jǐng | foreground; vista |
| 视角 (視角) | shì jiǎo | angle from which one observes an object; (fig.) perspective; viewpoint; frame of reference |
| 透视学 (透視學) | tòu shì xué | perspective (in drawing) |
| 视野 (視野) | shì yě | field of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective |
| 透视法 (透視法) | tòu shì fǎ | perspective (in drawing) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 透视.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 透过 (透過) | tòu guò | to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via |
| 透露 | tòu lù | to leak out; to divulge |
| 透明 | tòu míng | transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny |
| 渗透 (滲透) | shèn tòu | (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into |
| 透明度 | tòu míng dù | transparency; (policy of) openness |
| 视频 (視頻) | shì pín | video |
| 电视 (電視) | diàn shì | television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù) |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
See also: Japanese symbol for “perspective”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.