俯视

俯視

fǔshì

verb HSK 7-9 #20,293

Meanings

HSK 5

他站在阳台上俯视着街道上的人群。

Tā zhàn zài yángtái shàng fǔshì zhe jiēdào shàng de rénqún.

He stood on the balcony looking down at the crowd on the street.

HSK 6

从山顶俯视，整座城市尽收眼底。

Cóng shāndǐng fǔshì, zhěng zuò chéngshì jìn shōu yǎndǐ.

Looking down from the mountaintop, the entire city came into view.

usage

俯视 implies a top-down angle - literally or figuratively. Contrast with 仰视 (to look up at) and 平视 (to look at eye level).

俯 fǔ

视 shì