HSK 6 · Verbs

出神 chūshén “to be lost in thought” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 出神 means

  1. to be lost in thought
  2. to be spellbound
  3. spellbound
  4. entranced
  5. lost in thought

How to say 出神

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale出chū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale神shén2nd tone, rising

出神 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆出神地一边看着天空一边吸着香烟。

    Tāngmǔ chūshén de yìbiān kàn zhe tiānkōng yìbiān xī zhe xiāngyān.

    Lost in thought, Tom gazed at the sky as he smoked a cigarette.

    Sentence #2394799 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 出神 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 出 (chū) with each of its parts in a different colour
出chūto go out; to come out
  • 屮sprout · chè
  • 凵open box · kǎn

Memory aidA foot stepping up out of an opening 凵: to go out.

The character 神 (shén) with each of its parts in a different colour
神shéngod; deity
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìMeaning part
  • 申to report · shēnSound part

礻 hints at the meaning (sign); 申 (shēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with shén.

How to write 出神

出 5 strokes · 神 9 strokes

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出神 (chūshén) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 出神 (chūshén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 出神

Words with 出

出租车chūzūchē · taxi出chū · to go out出国chūguó · to go abroad出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out出去chūqù · to go out出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital出生chūshēng · to be born出现chūxiàn · to appear演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)

Words with 神

神秘shénmì · mysterious神话shénhuà · legend精神jīngshén · spirit神经shénjīng · nerve眼神yǎnshén · look in one’s eyes神态shéntài · expression留神liúshén · to be careful神气shénqì · spirited神奇shénqí · magical神圣shénshèng · sacred

More words: Thinking & Talking

迟疑chíyí · to hesitate传达chuándá · to convey吹牛chuīniú · to boast吹捧chuīpěng · to flatter磋商cuōshāng · to consult答复dáfù · to reply叮嘱dīngzhǔ · to urge repeatedly断定duàndìng · to conclude

FAQs

出神 (chūshén) means “to be lost in thought” or “to be spellbound”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chūshén: chū with a 1st tone, then shén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 出神 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chushen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 出神 from the suggestions. Typing chushen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
出神 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.