Chinese symbol for “shortsighted”
短视
duǎn shì
Traditional: 短視
(usually fig.) shortsighted; myopic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shortsighted is 短视 (duǎn shì), defined as: (usually fig.) shortsighted; myopic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shortsighted”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 近视 (近視) | jìn shì | myopic; nearsighted; (fig.) shortsighted |
| 漏脯充饥 (漏脯充飢) | lòu fǔ chōng jī | (lit.) to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom); (fig.) to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits; shortsighted |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 短视.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 短期 | duǎn qī | short-term |
| 短片 | duǎn piàn | short film; video clip |
| 短暂 (短暫) | duǎn zàn | of short duration; brief; momentary |
| 缩短 (縮短) | suō duǎn | to shorten; to reduce; to curtail |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage |
| 短信 | duǎn xìn | text message; SMS |
| 视频 (視頻) | shì pín | video |
| 电视 (電視) | diàn shì | television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shortsighted”.
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.