cǎi

to pay attention

to take notice of; to care for

eye (目) + sound cǎi (采) = to pay attention to

目 anchors the meaning: to notice someone is to turn your eyes toward them. 采 lends the sound cǎi and does not add semantic weight here.

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他叫了她好几声,她却没有他。

tā jiào le tā hǎo jǐ shēng,tā què méi yǒu cǎi tā。

he called out to her several times, but she paid him no attention.

你跟他说话,他根本不你,真让人生气。

nǐ gēn tā shuō huà,tā gēn běn bù cǎi nǐ,zhēn ràng rén shēng qì。

you talk to him and he simply ignores you, which is really infuriating.

Words with 睬

不加理睬

bù jiā lǐ cǎi

without giving due consideration

不理不睬

bù lǐ bù cǎi

to completely ignore (idiom)

不瞅不睬

bù chǒu bù cǎi

(idiom) to ignore completely; to pay no attention to

理睬

lǐ cǎi

to heed

瞅睬

chǒu cǎi

to pay attention to

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