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恶心

ě xīn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 惡心

恶心 (ě xīn) means "nauseous, disgusting". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 恶心 means

1. nausea
2. to feel sick
3. disgust
4. nauseating
5. to embarrass (deliberately)

Other readings

恶心 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• è xīnbad habit; vicious habit; vice
• ě xīnvariant of {恶心|ě xīn}

The characters in 恶心

• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 恶心！
  Disgusting!
• 真恶心！
  So disgusting!
• 我有点恶心。
  I feel sick.
• 这幺恶心的！
  How disgusting!
• 不要这幺恶心。
  Don't be so disgusting.
• 他们觉得很恶心。
  They had nausea.

Words containing 恶心

• 面恶心善miàn è xīn shànto have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold (idiom)

Where 恶心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · duì–lüè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ě xīn correctly.
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