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心理

xīn lǐ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

心理 (xīn lǐ) means "psychology; mental state". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 心理 means

1. psychology; mentality

The characters in 心理

• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence

Example sentences

• 汤姆教运动心理学。
  Tom teaches sport psychology.

Words starting with 心理

• 心理学xīn lǐ xuépsychology
• 心理学家xīn lǐ xué jiāpsychologist
• 心理作用xīn lǐ zuò yònga perception that doesn't reflect reality; a notion based on an erroneous belief
• 心理建设xīn lǐ jiàn shèpsychological preparation; mental conditioning
• 心理统计学xīn lǐ tǒng jì xuépsychometrics; quantitative psychology
• 心理战xīn lǐ zhànpsychological warfare; psychological operations; psyop
• 心理防线xīn lǐ fáng xiànpsychological defenses; mental resistance
• 心理分析xīn lǐ fēn xīpsychoanalysis
• 心理词典xīn lǐ cí diǎnmental lexicon

Words containing 心理

• 逆反心理nì fǎn xīn lǐreverse psychology
• 认知心理学rèn zhī xīn lǐ xuécognitive psychology
• 完形心理学wán xíng xīn lǐ xuéGestalt psychology (concerned with treating a subject as a coherent whole)
• 实验心理学shí yàn xīn lǐ xuéexperimental psychology
• 分析心理学fēn xī xīn lǐ xuéanalytical psychology; Jungian psychology
• 完形心理治疗wán xíng xīn lǐ zhì liáoGestalt psychotherapy
• 仇外心理chóu wài xīn lǐxenophobia
• 自卑心理zì bēi xīn lǐsense of inferiority; inferiority complex
• 侥幸心理jiǎo xìng xīn lǐtrusting to luck; wishful thinking
• 认知神经心理学rèn zhī shén jīng xīn lǐ xuécognitive neuropsychology

Where 心理 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Mood, Atmosphere & Emotion (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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