粗
心
大
意

Negligent in Chinese: 粗心大意 (cū xīn dà yì)

cū xīn dà yì

negligent

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1negligent
  2. 2careless
  3. 3inadvertent

Stroke order

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粗
心
大
意

Zhuyin

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ㄘㄨ

cū

ㄘ/ cㄨ/ u—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄣ

xīn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 考试时他太粗心大意，错了很多题。

    kǎo shì shí tā tài cū xīn dà yì， cuò le hěn duō tí。

    During the exam he was too careless and got many questions wrong.

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Related words

大

dà

big

心

xīn

heart

粗

cū

coarse

大家

dà jiā

everyone

意思

yì si

idea

担心

dān xīn

anxious

放心

fàng xīn

to feel relieved

关心

guān xīn

to be concerned about

满意

mǎn yì

satisfied

同意

tóng yì

to agree

小心

xiǎo xīn

to be careful

愿意

yuàn yì

to wish

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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