注意
zhù yì
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
To pay attention to something or to be careful about it. One of the most common verbs in warnings and instructions, as in 注意安全, 'mind your safety'.
Tập trung để ý đến điều gì, hoặc cẩn thận với điều gì. Là động từ rất thường gặp trong lời nhắc nhở, cảnh báo.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “chú ý” = 注意 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “chú ý” (chu-y). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “注意” mean?
To pay attention to something or to be careful about it. One of the most common verbs in warnings and instructions, as in 注意安全, 'mind your safety'. Literally: pour one's mind into
Is “注意” formal or informal?
注意 is generally neutral.