HSK 6 · Emotions

着迷 zháomí “to be fascinated” in Chinese

Traditional 著迷

What 着迷 means

  1. to be fascinated
  2. to be captivated

How to say 着迷

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale着zháo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale迷mí2nd tone, rising

着迷 in a sentence

  1. 翻译的挑战让我着迷。

    Fānyì de tiǎozhàn ràng wǒ zháomí.

    I’m captivated by the challenges of translation.

    Sentence #6682957 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我为你着迷。

    Wǒ wèi nǐ zháomí.

    I’m crazy about you.

    Sentence #503255 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我最近着迷于法语。

    Wǒ zuìjìn zháomí yú Fǎyǔ.

    I’ve been obsessed with French lately.

    Sentence #1474146 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 着迷 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 着 (zhe) with each of its parts in a different colour
着zháoto touch
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 目eye · mù
The character 迷 (mí) with each of its parts in a different colour
迷míto bewilder
  • 米rice · mǐSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 米 (mǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with mí.

How to write 着迷

着 11 strokes · 迷 9 strokes

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

Words related to 着迷

Words with 着

着zhe · particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)着急zháojí · to worry接着jiēzhe · next随着suízhe · along with着凉zháoliáng · to catch a cold着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire着想zhuóxiǎng · to consider (the needs of)着重zhuózhòng · to emphasise着手zhuóshǒu · to set about沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected

Words with 迷

迷路mílù · to lose the way球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)昏迷hūnmí · to fall unconscious迷惑míhuò · to confuse迷人mírén · charming迷信míxìn · superstition

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忧郁yōuyù · melancholy冤枉yuānwang · to wrong (someone)欲望yùwàng · desire在意zàiyì · to care about振奋zhènfèn · to inspire争气zhēngqì · to try hard not to disappoint震撼zhènhàn · to shock震惊zhènjīng · shocked

FAQs

着迷 (zháomí) means “to be fascinated” or “to be captivated”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zháomí: zháo with a 2nd tone, then mí 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, 着迷 is written 著迷. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhaomi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 着迷 from the suggestions. Typing zhaomi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
着迷 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.