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小心

xiǎo xīn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

小心 (xiǎo xīn) means "to be careful". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 小心 means

1. to be careful
2. to take care

The characters in 小心

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 小心！
  Be careful!
• 小心!
  Be careful!
• 小心地滑
  Xiǎoxīn dìhuá
  Caution: wet floor
• 小心狗！
  Beware of the dog!
• 小心脚下。
  Xiǎoxīn jiǎoxià.
  Watch your step.
• 小心扒手。
  Xiǎoxīn páshǒu.
  Look out for pickpockets.

Words starting with 小心

• 小心翼翼xiǎo xīn yì yì(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
• 小心谨慎xiǎo xīn jǐn shèncautious and timid (idiom); prudent; careful
• 小心眼xiǎo xīn yǎnnarrow-minded; petty
• 小心眼儿xiǎo xīn yǎn rsmall-minded; petty; narrow-minded
• 小心地滑xiǎo xīn dì huá(used on signs) caution – wet floor (lit. "be careful, the floor is slippery")

Words containing 小心

• 一不小心yī bù xiǎo xīnto be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
• 赔小心péi xiǎo xīnto be conciliatory or apologetic; to tread warily in dealing with sb

Where 小心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sequence, Similarity & Remaining Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiǎo xīn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.