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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

分心

fēnxīn

to divert one's attention; to get distracted

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to divert one's attention; to get distracted

02

(courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 分心 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 分心 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

他因为早恋而分心,成绩一落千丈。tā yīn wèi zǎo liàn ér fēn xīn, chéng jì yī luò qiān zhàng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

老师在课堂上提醒同学们不要因为早恋而分心。lǎo shī zài kè táng shàng tí xǐng tóng xué men bú yào yīn wèi zǎo liàn ér fēn xīn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

Tom在干活的时候,一丁点事就能让他分心.Tom zài gàn huó de shí hòu, yī dīng diǎn shì jiù néng ràng tā fēn xīn.

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 分心.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 分心.

Directly before

  • 而分心2
  • 他分心1
  • 容易分心1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 分心

What does 分心 mean in Chinese?

分心 (fēnxīn) means to divert one's attention; to get distracted.

How do you pronounce 分心?

分心 is pronounced fēnxīn.

Is 分心 an HSK word?

分心 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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