睬 (cǎi) — to heed, to pay attention to (used in 理睬 and 不理不睬)
Definition
睬 (cǎi) means 'to heed / pay attention to' but is almost never used alone — it appears in the set phrases 理睬 (acknowledge) and 不理不睬 (ignore completely), usually negated to mean 'pay no attention to'.
verb
to heedto pay attention to (used in 理睬 and 不理不睬)
Examples
- 睬。Tā duì wǒ de wèn tí bù lǐ bù cǎi.He completely ignored my question.
- ，睬。Wǒ jiào le tā hǎo jǐ cì, tā dōu bù lǐ cǎi wǒ.I called him several times, but he didn't acknowledge me.
- 睬，。Nǐ zhè yàng bù lǐ cǎi bié rén, huì dé zuì rén de.If you ignore people like this, you'll offend them.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
The left part 目 shows an eye, while the right part 采 gives the sound cǎi.
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