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伤心

shāng xīn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 傷心

伤心 (shāng xīn) means "to grieve". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 伤心 means

1. to grieve
2. to be broken-hearted
3. to feel deeply hurt

The characters in 伤心

• 伤shāngto injure; injury; wound
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 别伤心。
  Don't be sad.
• 你伤心吗？
  Are you sad?
• 乔治很伤心。
  George was broken-hearted.
• 她看上去很伤心。
  She looked sad.
• 她看起来很伤心。
  She looks sad.
• 她很伤心地回答。
  She answered in tears.

Words starting with 伤心

• 伤心致死shāng xīn zhì sǐto grieve to death; to die of a broken-heart
• 伤心欲绝shāng xīn yù jué(idiom) to be overcome with grief
• 伤心惨目shāng xīn cǎn mù(idiom) too appalling to look at
• 伤心蒿目shāng xīn hāo mùto grieve; broken-hearted

Words containing 伤心

• 触目伤心chù mù shāng xīndistressing sight (idiom)

Where 伤心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Negative emotions & reactions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shāng xīn correctly.
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