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心不在焉

心不在焉

Chinese

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

Idiom

心不在焉

absent-minded; absent-mindedly; preoccupied

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīnbùzàiyān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ bat¹ zoi⁶ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīnbùzàiyān [Phonetic: xīnbúzàiyān]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinbutzayian
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ i̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ bat¹ zoi⁶ jin⁴
  - Yale: sām bāt joih yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ bat⁷ dzoi⁶ jin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² jiːn²¹/