"Absent-minded" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 恍惚 | huǎng hū | absent-minded / distracted / dazzled / vaguely / dimly |   |
| 失神 | shī shén | absent-minded / to lose spirit / despondent | |
| 走神 | zǒu shén | absent-minded / one's mind is wandering | |
| 走神儿 | zǒu shén r | absent-minded / one's mind is wandering | |
| 跑神儿 | pǎo shén r | absent-minded / one's mind is wandering | |
| 少根筋 | shǎo gēn jīn | (coll.) dim-witted / foolish / absent-minded | |
| 漫不经心 | màn bù jīng xīn | careless / heedless / absent-minded / indifferent | |
| 心不在焉 | xīn bù zài yān | absent-minded / preoccupied / inattentive / with one's thoughts wandering | |
| 精神恍惚 | jīng shén huǎng hū | absent-minded / in a trance | |
| 神思恍惚 | shén sī huǎng hū | abstracted / absent-minded / in a trance | |
| 胡乱 | hú luàn | careless / reckless / casually / absent-mindedly / at will / at random / any old how | |
| 开小差 | kāi xiǎo chāi | to be absent-minded / to desert / to abscond from the army / absent without leave (AWOL) | |
