睹
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dǔ · to look at, to gaze at

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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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目Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 睹

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Example sentences

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Suǒ mù dǔ de bù yí dìng shì zhēn de.所目睹的不一定是真的。

Things that you see with your eyes are not necessarily true.

Source: Tatoeba #9432351 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shuō qǐ jiāo tōng shì gù, wǒ qù nián mù dǔ le yì chǎng.说起交通事故,我去年目睹了一场。

Speaking of traffic accidents, I saw one last year.

Source: Tatoeba #3080271 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bù rěn mù dǔ zhè zhǒng cán kù de xíng jìng.我不忍目睹这种残酷的行径。

I cannot abide to see such cruelty.

Source: Tatoeba #2054116 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhǐyǒu méi mù dǔ nà chǎng zhàn zhēng de rén cái xǐ huān tā.只有没目睹那場戰爭的人才喜歡它。

The war is liked by only those who haven't seen it.

Source: Tatoeba #12438609 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā mù dǔ le móu shā àn.他目睹了謀殺案。

He witnessed the murder.

Source: Tatoeba #771405 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā mù dǔ ài quǎn zài yì wài zhōng lí shì, bùjīn lèi rú quán yǒng.她目睹愛犬在意外中離世,不禁淚如泉湧。

She shed plentiful tears when her beloved dog was killed in an accident.

Source: Tatoeba #346486 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 睹 in context

  1. Say dǔ, then recall the core meaning: to look at, to gaze at.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 目睹 (mù dǔ), meaning “to witness”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 睹 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.