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心底

xīn dǐ

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

心底 (xīn dǐ) means "bottom of one's heart". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 心底 means

1. bottom of one's heart

The characters in 心底

• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…

Example sentences

• 他从心底笑了出来。
  Tā cóng xīndǐ xiào le chūlái.
  He laughed a hearty laugh.
• 我打心底里感激你。
  Wǒ dǎ xīndǐ lǐ gǎnjī nǐ.
  I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
• 他把情感藏进了心底，装出热心的样子。
  Tā bǎ qínggǎn cáng jìn le xīndǐ, zhuāngchū rèxīn de yàngzi.
  He hid his emotions and pretended to be enthusiastic.
• 你问我怎么想？……好吧，那我就把我的心底话说出来吧。
  Nǐ wèn wǒ zěnme xiǎng?…… hǎo ba, nà wǒ jiù bǎ wǒ de xīndǐ huàshuō chūlái ba.
  What do I think, you say ... well then, I'll give you my candid opinion.

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xīn dǐ correctly.
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