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See also: 近视

	near; close (to); approximately	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (近視)	近	視
simp. (近视)	近	视
Literally: “near sight”.

近視

近視

近視 ‎(hiragana きんし, romaji kinshi)

Hanja in this term
近	視

近視 • ‎(geunsi, McCune-Reischauer: kŭnsi, Yale: kūnsi) ‎(hangeul 근시)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: jìnshì → jìnshi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ → ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn.shyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    近世
    近侍
    近視／近视
    進士／进士
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: gan⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: gahn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² siː²²/
  - Homophones:
    
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    近視／近视
    近侍
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiun-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiun sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiun⁴ si⁴
  - IPA: /kʰi̯un⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gê̤ṳng-sé
  - IPA ^(key): /kyŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nɛi²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kīn-sī / kūn-sī
  - Tâi-lô: kīn-sī / kūn-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixnsi, kuxnsi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kin²²⁻²¹ ɕi²²/, /kun²²⁻²¹ ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kin⁴¹⁻²² ɕi⁴¹/, /kun⁴¹⁻²² ɕi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin²²⁻²¹ ɕi²²/, /kun²²⁻²¹ ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kin³³⁻¹¹ ɕi³³/, /kun³³⁻¹¹ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin³³⁻²¹ ɕi³³/, /kun³³⁻²¹ ɕi³³/