出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
出神
chūshén
to be lost in thought; entranced
Characters in this word
神 shén
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 申 to report
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他盯着墙上的旧照片出神，仿佛又回到了童年。 Tā dīng zhe qiáng shàng de jiù zhàopiàn chūshén, fǎngfú yòu huí dào le tóngnián. He stared at the old photograph on the wall, lost in thought, as if he had returned to his childhood.
- 她看着窗外的雨，不知不觉就出神了。 Tā kàn zhe chuāngwài de yǔ, bùzhībùjué jiù chūshén le. She watched the rain outside the window and, before she knew it, was lost in thought.
- 他一出神，锅里的汤就煮干了。 Tā yì chūshén, guō lǐ de tāng jiù zhǔ gān le. The moment he zoned out, the soup in the pot boiled dry.