视野

視野

shìyě

noun HSK 7 #8,160

Meanings

1 field of vision; view
2 horizon; outlook (figurative)

Characters

to look at; vision

field; open country; wild

The field of vision — how far and wide one can see.

Examples

从山顶上看，视野非常开阔。

Cóng shāndǐng shàng kàn, shìyě fēicháng kāikuò.

The view from the mountaintop is extremely wide.

读书可以开阔我们的视野。

Dúshū kěyǐ kāikuò wǒmen de shìyě.

Reading can broaden our horizons.

那辆车突然从视野中消失了。

Nà liàng chē tūrán cóng shìyě zhōng xiāoshī le.

That car suddenly disappeared from view.

Tips

usage

视野 is used both literally (field of vision, what your eyes can see) and figuratively (broadness of perspective or knowledge). 开阔视野 (to broaden one's horizons) is a very common collocation.

Stroke Order

视 shì

野 yě