HSK 6 · Verbs

聚精会神 jùjīnghuìshén “to concentrate fully” in Chinese

Traditional 聚精會神

What 聚精会神 means

  1. to concentrate fully
  2. with rapt attention
  3. to concentrate one’s attention (idiom)

How to say 聚精会神

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale聚jù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale精jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale会huì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale神shén2nd tone, rising

聚精会神 in a sentence

  1. 学生们聚精会神地听老师讲课。

    Xuéshengmen jùjīnghuìshén de tīng lǎoshī jiǎngkè.

    The students listened to the teacher with rapt attention.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他聚精会神地看书，没听见我叫他。

    Tā jùjīnghuìshén de kànshū, méi tīngjiàn wǒ jiào tā.

    He was so absorbed in his book that he didn’t hear me call him.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 聚精会神 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 聚 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
聚jùto assemble; to gather
  • 取to take · qǔ
  • 乑to stand side by side · zhòng
The character 精 (jīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
精jīngessence
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jīng.

The character 会 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to
  • 人person · rén
  • 云cloud · yún

Memory aidPeople 人 getting together to talk 云 (云 meant “to say” in old Chinese): to meet, and to know how.

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 聚精会神

聚 14 strokes · 精 14 strokes · 会 6 strokes · 神 9 strokes

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

Words related to 聚精会神

Words with 聚

聚会jùhuì · party凝聚níngjù · to condense

Words with 精

精彩jīngcǎi · wonderful精力jīnglì · energy精神jīngshén · spirit精简jīngjiǎn · to streamline精密jīngmì · precise精确jīngquè · accurate精心jīngxīn · meticulous精致jīngzhì · exquisite精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in酒精jiǔjīng · alcohol

Words with 会

会huì · can会议huìyì · meeting机会jīhuì · opportunity开会kāihuì · to have a meeting晚会wǎnhuì · evening party一会儿yíhuìr · a while运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet误会wùhuì · to misunderstand约会yuēhuì · appointment聚会jùhuì · party

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出神chūshén · to be lost in thought留神liúshén · to be careful神气shénqì · spirited神奇shénqí · magical

More words: Thinking & Talking

激励jīlì · to encourage警告jǐnggào · to warn讥笑jīxiào · to sneer at记载jìzǎi · to record看待kàndài · to regard侃侃而谈kǎnkǎn'értán · to speak with ease and confidence恐吓kǒnghè · to threaten空想kōngxiǎng · fantasy

FAQs

聚精会神 (jùjīnghuìshén) means “to concentrate fully” or “with rapt attention”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jùjīnghuìshén: jù with a 4th tone, then jīng with a 1st tone, then huì with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 聚精会神 is written 聚精會神. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jujinghuishen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 聚精会神 from the suggestions. Typing jujinghuishen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
聚精会神 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.