Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pay attention / To focus: To direct and concentrate one's mental energy or thoughts on a specific object, task, or activity.
   • To be attentive / To heed: To listen to or consider something with care and concentration.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Học sinh cần chú tâm nghe giảng. (Students need to pay attention to the lecture.)
  • Cô ấy chú tâm vào từng chi tiết của bản vẽ. (She focused on every detail of the drawing.)
  • Chú tâm đến lời khuyên của người có kinh nghiệm. (Heed the advice of experienced people.)

Advanced Usage

• "chú tâm đến": to pay attention to, to take notice of.
  • Chính phủ cần chú tâm đến vấn đề an sinh xã hội. (The government needs to pay attention to social welfare issues.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự chú tâm (n): Attention, focus, concentration.

  • Công việc này đòi hỏi sự chú tâm cao độ. (This job requires intense concentration.)

• Tập trung (v): To concentrate, to focus. (A close synonym, often used interchangeably with "chú tâm").

  • Anh ấy tập trung hoàn thành báo cáo. (He concentrated on finishing the report.)

Synonyms

• Concentrate: To focus all one's attention or mental effort.
• Focus: To direct attention or effort toward a central point.
• Heed: To pay attention to; to take notice of.

Related Idioms

• Chú tâm chú ý: To be very attentive and careful.
  • Lái xe phải chú tâm chú ý quan sát đường. (Drivers must be very attentive and observe the road carefully.)

verb

1. To give one's whole mind to
   • chú tâm học tập
     to give one's whole mind to one's study