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HSK
to pay particular attention to / carefully selected for quality / tastefully chosen
HSK 4
to take note of; to pay attention to
HSK 3
to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media) / concern; interest; attention
HSK 3
to remind / to call attention to / to warn of
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸟* | 鸟* | *鸟
bird / CL: 隻|只, / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *理* | 理* | *理
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
HSK 6
to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
HSK 4
gaze; (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes; look / (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
HSK 5
close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention
HSK 4
not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
HSK 7-9
to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth)
HSK 4
to pay attention to / to emphasize
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哎* | 哎* | *哎
hey! / (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)
HSK 7-9
to shift; to relocate; to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize
HSK 4
to receive worldwide attention
HSK 7-9
to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with
HSK 6
to heed / to pay attention to
HSK 7-9
(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)
to concentrate on; to give full attention to
to freeze / to solidify / to congeal / fig. with rapt attention
HSK 7-9
to attract attention / eye-catching / conspicuous
HSK 7-9
with fixed attention (idiom)
attention / to stare at / to fix attention on sth
(literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in
to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盯* | 盯* | *盯
to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at
HSK 7-9
to focus; to concentrate; to give one's full attention
HSK 7-9
to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to duty
to focus attention upon
HSK 7-9
to mention / to raise (a subject) / to bring to sb's attention
thoughtless / not pay attention to
to receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc)
HSK 7-9
to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to stand straight / attention! (order to troops)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *凝* | 凝* | *凝
to congeal / to concentrate attention / to stare
to be careful; to pay attention to
HSK 7-9
to waken (to action) / to rouse (the masses) / to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
HSK 7-9
thick and heavy in colors / to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
to pay no attention to / not to mind
frequency with which people turn their heads to look; degree of attracting attention / percentage of repeat customers (catering, hospitality etc)
paying special care / with particular attention
to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention / to make one's views known
to put on display (sth abstract) / to draw attention to / conspicuous
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
to pay close attention (to sth)
to divert one's attention; to get distracted / (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter)
to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off
without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently
to attract attention; to catch attention
lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress / excessive attention to trivia saps the will
to completely ignore (idiom) / to pay no attention to / not to be in the least concerned about
to be mindful / to pay attention to / to take note of
HSK 7-9
to ignore / to brush off / to dismiss / to pay no attention to
to understand / to pay attention to / to take notice of
HSK 7-9
to give sth only cursory attention / to treat sth as not very significant
to hold the attention of an audience / to serve as the finale to a show
not paying attention to anything (idiom); to idle time away
mind / state of mind / attention / (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution
to shift one's eyes / (fig.) to shift one's attention / to divert attention
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
HSK 7-9
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
eyeball / (fig.) attention
keen interest / concentrated attention
to deserve (attention, respect etc) / should have (freedoms, rights etc)
to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous
burning hot; scorching / (of food) spicy hot / (of news, topics etc) sensational; attention-grabbing / emotionally intense
provoke, incite / stir up / arouse (attention)
to pay attention to
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
(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)
to attract attention / eye-catching / conspicuous
(slang) try-hard poser; cringe attention-seeker who acts overly cool or self-confident
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *欸* | 欸* | *欸
hey (used to draw attention)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *属* | 属* | *属
to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on
to focus (light, electron beam etc) / to focus attention
to pay attention to
to come to mind / to come to one's attention
(idiom) to freely air one's views; to be heard far and wide; to attract a lot of attention
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)
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc) / to offend / to attract (attention)
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *睬* | 睬* | *睬
to pay attention / to take notice of / to care for
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span
attention
to give preferential treatment / to give special attention
to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
(idiom) to concentrate one's attention completely; with rapt attention
to compose oneself / to concentrate one's attention
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
to point out / to draw sb's attention to sth / to cause sb to have a realization
to take up (one's time etc) / to occupy (one's attention etc) / to account for (a proportion of sth)
lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term) / I cannot presume on your attention
to concentrate one's attention / to be fully focused
lit. place on a high shelf / to pay no attention to (idiom)
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards / to devote attention to
(coll.) (often derog.) to piggyback on (sb's) popularity / to exploit (sb's) popularity to attract attention to oneself

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