心不在焉

Chinese

		heart; mind	to be not at; to be out; to be dead to be not at; to be out; to be dead; to have passed away	where; how
simp. and trad. (心不在焉)		心	不在	焉
Literally: “the heart is not here”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnbùzàiyān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ bat¹ zoi⁶ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnbùzàiyān [Phonetic: xīnbúzàiyān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinbùzàiyan
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-pu⁴-tsai⁴-yen¹
    • Yale: syīn-bù-dzài-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinbutzayian
    • Palladius: синьбуцзайянь (sinʹbuczajjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ bat¹ zoi⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: sām bāt joih yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ bat⁷ dzoi⁶ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ bed¹ zoi⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² jiːn²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 心不在焉

1. absent-minded; absent-mindedly; preoccupied