盯
dīng HSK7

rivet gaze upon

盯 dīng
stare verb
to look at someone or something with a steady, fixed gaze

他目不转睛地盯着那个奇怪的包裹。

tā mù​bù​zhuǎn​jīng de dīng zhe nà​gè qí​guài de bāo​guǒ.

He stared fixedly at the strange package.

watch verb
to keep a close eye on or fix one's attention on someone or something to ensure a desired outcome

你得替我盯着这锅汤，别让它煮干了。

nǐ děi tì wǒ dīng zhe zhè guō tāng, bié ràng tā zhǔ gān le.

You need to keep an eye on this soup for me so it doesn't boil dry.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,906th most common 41.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,368th most common 53.4 per million appears in 27% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
69.4 per million appears in 26% of films
Written text
32.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+76EF

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)