HSK 4 Vocab 仔细 attentive

The word 仔细 (zǐxì) is often followed by 地 (de) to form an adverb meaning carefully, or attentively. It usually precedes a verb such as 查 (chá) meaning to examine, making to carefully examine. Or it could precede 观察 meaning look to make 仔细观察 (zǐxì guānchá) look carefully. Let’s look at some examples of this in practical usage. 

This word is frequently used with the verb 发现 (fāxiàn) discover, because when we examine carefully we are doing so in the hope we discover something (see example 7 below). 

仔细 – sentence examples with translation

1) 请你们仔细观察图片上的事物 (Qǐng nǐmen zǐxì guānchá túpiàn shàng de shìwù) Please look closely at the items on the paper.

2) 现在请你来仔细观察三字 (Xiànzài qǐng nǐlái zǐxì guānchá sān zì) Now, please carefully examine the character 3.

3) 仔细看一看他们都在干什么？( zǐxì kànyīkàn tāmendōu zài gànshénme？) Look carefully, what are they doing?

4) 仔细看这两个字的笔顺跟随你有什么发现吗? Zǐxì kàn zhè liǎng ge zì de bǐshùn gēnsuí nǐyǒu shénme fāxiàn mǎ？Examine the stroke order for these two characters what do you notice?

5) 刚来的男人仔细地查看了一下瓷瓶 (gāng lái de nán rén zǐxì  de chá kàn liǎo yī xià cí píng. The man who had just come over carefully examined the vase.

6) 你们观察得可真仔细啊！ (Nǐmen guānchá de kè zhēn zǐxì ya) You were looking very carefully!

7) 仔细地看看他们, 你有发现什么了？(Nǐ zài zǐxì dé kànkan tāmen nǐyǒu fāxiàn shénme le) You have been looking very carefully, what did you notice (discover)?

8) 你观察的课真仔细啊. (Nǐ guānchá de kè zhēn zǐxì a) You have been following the class very attentively.