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心
xīn
心 (xīn) means "heart; mind; intention". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.
What 心 means
- heart
- mind
- intention
- center
- core
Example sentences
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当心！Look out!
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专心！Attention please!
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小心！Be careful!
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恶心！Disgusting!
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小心!Be careful!
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专心。Focus.
Words starting with 心
- 心里xīn lichest; heart; mind
- 心情xīn qíngmood; frame of mind
- 心理xīn lǐpsychology; mentality
- 心中xīn zhōngcentral point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- 心脏xīn zàngheart
- 心灵xīn língbright; smart; quick-witted
- 心态xīn tàiattitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking
- 心疼xīn téngto love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret
- 心得xīn déwhat one has learned (through experience, reading etc); knowledge; insight
- 心血xīn xuèheart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care
- 心眼儿xīn yǎn rone's thoughts; mind; intention
- 心想xīn xiǎngto think to oneself; to think
- 心头xīn tóuone's heart; one's mind
- 心思xīn simind; thoughts; inclination
- 心底xīn dǐbottom of one's heart
- 心目中xīn mù zhōngin one's eyes; in one's estimation
- 心跳xīn tiàoheartbeat; pulse
- 心理学xīn lǐ xuépsychology
- 心事xīn shìa load on one's mind; worry
- 心爱xīn àibeloved
- 心愿xīn yuàncherished desire; dream; craving
- 心痛xīn tòngto feel distressed about sth; heartache; cardiac pain
- 心意xīn yìintention; regard; kindly feelings
- 心脏病xīn zàng bìngheart disease
Words containing 心
- 担心dān xīnanxious; worried; uneasy
- 关心guān xīnto be concerned about; to care about
- 放心fàng xīnto feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
- 小心xiǎo xīnto be careful; to take care
- 中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
- 信心xìn xīnconfidence; faith (in sb or sth)
- 伤心shāng xīnto grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt
- 耐心nài xīnto be patient; patience
- 粗心cū xīncareless; thoughtless
- 开心kāi xīnto feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time
- 核心hé xīncore; nucleus
- 决心jué xīndetermination; resolution; determined
- 爱心ài xīncompassion; kindness; care for others
- 热心rè xīnenthusiastic; ardent; zealous
- 点心diǎn xinlight refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking)
- 专心zhuān xīnto focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
- 操心cāo xīnto worry about
- 虚心xū xīnopen-minded; humble
- 灰心huī xīnto lose heart; to be discouraged
- 精心jīng xīnwith utmost care; fine; meticulous
- 恶心ě xīnnausea; to feel sick; disgust
- 良心liáng xīnconscience
- 小心翼翼xiǎo xīn yì yì(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
- 甘心gān xīnto be willing to; to resign oneself to
Sounds the same
Read xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 新new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- 辛(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
- 欣happy
- 薪(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
- 芯(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
- 馨fragrant
- 鑫(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)
- 歆pleased; moved
- 昕dawn
- 锌zinc (chemistry)
- 忻happy
- 莘Asarum; Wild ginger; also 细辛
Where 心 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 2 (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.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xīn correctly.
- Look up another word in the free dictionary.
Looking a word up is not learning it. GraphChinese puts all of HSK 1–6 into one dependency graph, teaches each piece only once its prerequisites are solid, and schedules reviews to land just before you would forget.
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