"to pay attention" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
cǎi to pay attention / to take notice of / to care for syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
注意 zhù yì to take note of / to pay attention to syn
提醒 tí xǐng to remind / to call attention to / to warn of syn
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn
关注 關注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention syn
注意力 zhù yì lì attention
转移 轉移 zhuǎn yí to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize syn
抓紧 抓緊 zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth) syn
专心 專心 zhuān xīn to focus one's attention / to concentrate on (doing sth) syn
锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
留意 liú yì to be mindful / to pay attention to / to take note of syn
专注 專注 zhuān zhù to focus / to concentrate / to give one's full attention syn
目光 mù guāng gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision syn
分心 fēn xīn to divert one's attention / to get distracted / (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter) syn
致敬 zhì jìng to salute / to pay one's respects to / to pay tribute to / to pay homage to syn
密切 mì qiè close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention syn
眼球 yǎn qiú eyeball / (fig.) attention syn
理会 理會 lǐ huì to understand / to pay attention to / to take notice of syn
应有 應有 yīng yǒu to deserve (attention, respect etc) / should have (freedoms, rights etc) syn
提及 tí jí to mention / to raise (a subject) / to bring to sb's attention
付清 fù qīng to pay in full / to pay all of a bill / to pay off syn
留心 liú xīn to be careful / to pay attention to syn
引人注目 yǐn rén zhù mù to attract attention / eye-catching / conspicuous syn
注重 zhù zhòng to pay attention to / to emphasize syn
立正 lì zhèng to stand straight / attention! (order to troops) syn
洗耳恭听 洗耳恭聽 xǐ ěr gōng tīng to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears syn
招惹 zhāo rě to court (trouble) / to attract (attention) / to provoke (sb) syn
瞩目 矚目 zhǔ mù to focus attention upon syn
致意 zhì yì to send one's greetings / to send one's best regards / to devote attention to syn
理睬 lǐ cǎi to heed / to pay attention to syn
只顾 只顧 zhǐ gù to focus solely on / to pay attention only to / to be preoccupied with syn
讲究 講究 jiǎng jiu to pay particular attention to / carefully selected for quality / tastefully chosen syn
耳目 ěr mù eyes and ears / sb's attention or notice / information / knowledge / spies syn
唤起 喚起 huàn qǐ to waken (to action) / to rouse (the masses) / to evoke (attention, recollection etc) syn
全神贯注 全神貫注 quán shén guàn zhù to concentrate one's attention completely (idiom) / with rapt attention syn
不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore
不经意 不經意 bù jīng yì not paying attention / carelessly / by accident syn
凝固 níng gù to freeze / to solidify / to congeal / fig. with rapt attention syn
青睐 青睞 qīng lài (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on / (fig.) to show interest in / (favorable) attention / favor syn
标注 標注 biāo zhù to mark out / to tag / to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to / to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin) syn
分神 fēn shén to give some attention to / to divert one's attention / to be distracted syn
注目 zhù mù attention / to stare at / to fix attention on sth syn
拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior syn
放在眼里 放在眼裡 fàng zài yǎn lǐ to pay attention to / to care about / to attach importance to
不问 不問 bù wèn to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off
灌注 guàn zhù to pour into / perfusion (med.) / to concentrate one's attention on / to teach / to inculcate / to instill syn
熟视无睹 熟視無睹 shú shì wú dǔ to pay no attention to a familiar sight / to ignore syn
兴头 興頭 xìng tou keen interest / concentrated attention syn
心神 xīn shén mind / state of mind / attention / (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution syn
仁至义尽 仁至義盡 rén zhì yì jìn extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom) / meticulous virtue and attention to duty syn
一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn
聚精会神 聚精會神 jù jīng huì shén to concentrate one's attention (idiom) syn
大声疾呼 大聲疾呼 dà shēng jí hū to call loudly (idiom) / to get people's attention / to make one's views known syn
定神 dìng shén to compose oneself / to concentrate one's attention syn
爱美 愛美 ài měi to pay attention to one's appearance / to like to be well-groomed / (literary) on very friendly terms
凝神 níng shén with rapt attention syn
举世瞩目 舉世矚目 jǔ shì zhǔ mù to receive worldwide attention syn
打眼 dǎ yǎn to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous syn
贯注 貫注 guàn zhù to concentrate on / to give full attention to syn
顾此失彼 顧此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else)
不在意 bù zài yì to pay no attention to / not to mind syn
不注意 bù zhù yì thoughtless / not pay attention to syn
彰显 彰顯 zhāng xiǎn to put on display (sth abstract) / to draw attention to / conspicuous
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn
惹人 rě rén to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc) / to offend / to attract (attention)
疏于 疏於 shū yú to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in syn
认养 認養 rèn yǎng to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
多动症 多動症 duō dòng zhèng (coll.) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
惹起 rě qǐ provoke, incite / stir up / arouse (attention)
拜谒 拜謁 bài yè to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc) syn
补税 補稅 bǔ shuì to pay a tax one has evaded / to pay an overdue tax
加意 jiā yì paying special care / with particular attention syn
dīng to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at syn
niǎo bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn syn
āi hey! / (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) syn
lou (final particle equivalent to 了[le5]) / (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation) syn
zhǔ to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on syn
níng to congeal / to concentrate attention / to stare syn
引人注意 yǐn rén zhù yì to attract attention / eye-catching / conspicuous
耳边风 耳邊風 ěr biān fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn
nuò (indicating agreement) yes / all right / (drawing attention to) look! / here! / variant of 諾|诺[nuo4] syn
耳旁风 耳旁風 ěr páng fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn
有始无终 有始無終 yǒu shǐ wú zhōng to start but not finish (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span syn
大鸣大放 大鳴大放 dà míng dà fàng (idiom) to freely air one's views / to be heard far and wide / to attract a lot of attention
不经意间 不經意間 bù jīng yì jiān without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently
huán to pay back / to return syn
jiāo to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤[jiao1] syn
付出 fù chū to pay / to expend / to invest (energy or time) syn
拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn
拜访 拜訪 bài fǎng to pay a visit / to call on syn
工资 工資 gōng zī wages / pay / CL:份[fen4] syn
支付 zhī fù to pay (money) syn
道别 道別 dào bié to say goodbye / to bid farewell / to pay a farewell call syn
付给 付給 fù gěi to deliver / to pay syn
待遇 dài yù treatment / pay / salary / status / rank syn
来访 來訪 lái fǎng to pay a visit
走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) syn
付费 付費 fù fèi to pay / to cover the costs syn
看望 kàn wàng to pay a visit to / to see (sb) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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