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监督 vs 监视
/ jiāndū vs jiānshì /
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Definition
监督 as a Verb or a Noun, 监视 just as a Verb, which means [supervise; supervision; keep watch on].
Example
监督 and 监视 both are Verbs, the two words are not interchangeable.
1) 监督 indicates "supervision, inspection, such as that of the superior to the subordinate, voters to the representatives, public opinion to officials, people to the government". 监督 is usually open. It can be the predicate and also the subject, object, and attributive.
2) 监视 means "to keep a close watch, e.g. on one's enemy, or the suspects by the police, etc". 监视 is mostly concealed. Besides being an adverbial, it can also function as other sentence elements.
3) The object of 监督 can be a person or action, while the object of 监视 can be a person, an action, or a place (such as example ④).
4) The purpose of 监督 is to promote (such as example ②); while the purpose of 监视 is to discover and guard against activities illegal or harmful to oneself such as example ③).
2) 监视 means "to keep a close watch, e.g. on one's enemy, or the suspects by the police, etc". 监视 is mostly concealed. Besides being an adverbial, it can also function as other sentence elements.
3) The object of 监督 can be a person or action, while the object of 监视 can be a person, an action, or a place (such as example ④).
4) The purpose of 监督 is to promote (such as example ②); while the purpose of 监视 is to discover and guard against activities illegal or harmful to oneself such as example ③).
1
Rénmíndàibiǎo
人民代表
yǒu
有
jiāndū
监督
zhèngfǔ
政府
yīfǎ
依法
xíngzhèng
行政
de
的
zérèn
责任
。
The people's delegates are responsible for supervising the government.
2
Gōngwùyuán
公务员
yìng
应
shòudào
受到
yúlùn
舆论
de
的
jiāndū
监督
。
The civil servants should be supervised by the public opinion.
3
Jǐngfāng
警方
zhèngzài
正在
yánmì
严密
jiānshì
监视
fànzuì
犯罪
xiányírén
嫌疑人
de
的
huódòng
活动
。
The police are keeping an eye on the suspects.
4
Fànzuì
犯罪
xiányírén
嫌疑人
de
的
zhùsuǒ
住所
yǐjīng
已经
chǔyú
处于
jǐngfāng
警方
de
的
yánmì
严密
jiānshì
监视
zhīxià
之下
。
The suspect's house has been closely watched by policemen.
监督 is also a Noun referring to the supervisor.
5
Tā
他
shì
是
wǔtái
舞台
jiāndū
监督
。
He is in charge of the stage.
6
Lǎoniánrén
老年人
de
的
jiànkāng
健康
xūyào
需要
gēng
更
duō
多
de
的
jiāndū
监督
hé
和
zhàogu
照顾
。
The health of old people requires more supervision and care.