HSK 3 · Verbs

注意 zhùyì “pay attention to” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 注意 means

  1. pay attention to
  2. take notice of
  3. to take note of

How to say 注意

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale注zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale意yì4th tone, falling

注意 in a sentence

  1. 你没注意到吗？

    Nǐ méi zhùyì dào ma?

    Didn’t you notice?

    Sentence #9958192 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 尤其是要注意你吃的和喝的东西。

    Yóuqí shì yào zhùyì nǐ chī de hé hē de dōngxi.

    You have to pay special attention to what you eat and drink.

    Sentence #333548 from Tatoeba

  3. 以后请注意点。

    Yǐhòu qǐng zhùyì diǎn.

    Please be more careful in future.

    Sentence #791584 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 注意 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 注 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
注zhùto pour into; to flow into; to inject
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 主to own · zhǔSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 主 (zhǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

The character 意 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
意yìidea; thought; meaning; sense
  • 音sound · yīnSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 音 (yīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yì.

Memory aidA sound 音 from the heart 心: a thought, a meaning.

How to write 注意

注 8 strokes · 意 13 strokes

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

Words related to 注意

Words with 注

关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to注册zhùcè · to register注射zhùshè · to inject注重zhùzhòng · to emphasise注视zhùshì · to gaze at注释zhùshì · annotation

Words with 意

意思yìsi · meaning没意思méiyìsi · boring有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed同意tóngyì · agree愿意yuànyì · be willing满意mǎnyì · satisfied意见yìjiàn · idea得意déyì · proud of oneself生意shēngyi · business

More words: Thinking & Talking

应该yīnggāi · should影响yǐngxiǎng · influence愿意yuànyì · be willing着急zháojí · to worry保证bǎozhèng · guarantee抱歉bàoqiàn · to be sorry表示biǎoshì · to express表扬biǎoyáng · to praise

FAQs

注意 (zhùyì) means “pay attention to” or “take notice of”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it zhùyì: zhù with a 4th tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 注意 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 注意 from the suggestions. Typing zhuyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
注意 is an HSK 3 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.