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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

走神

zǒushén

absent-minded

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

absent-minded

02

one's mind is wandering

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 走神 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 走神 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

对不起,我走神了。duì bù qǐ, wǒ zǒu shén le。

Sorry, I zoned out.

就连聪明人有时候也会走神。jiù lián cōng míng rén yǒu shí hòu yě huì zǒu shén。

Even smart people are sometimes absent-minded.

汤姆走神了。tāng mǔ zǒu shén le。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 走神.

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

Directly before

  • 汤姆走神1
  • 会走神1
  • 我走神1

Directly after

  • 走神了2
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 走神

What does 走神 mean in Chinese?

走神 (zǒushén) means absent-minded.

How do you pronounce 走神?

走神 is pronounced zǒushén.

Is 走神 an HSK word?

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

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