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情

qíng

HSK 2 Character

What 情 means

1. bound formfeelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
2. bound formsituation; condition

Example sentences

• 我同情你。
  I feel for you.
• 今天是情人节
  Jīntiān shì Qíngrénjié
  Today is Valentine's Day.
• 情歌感动我。
  Qínggē gǎndòng wǒ.
  Love songs move me.
• 患难见真情。
  Huànnànjiànzhēnqíng.
  A friend in need is a friend indeed.
• 这得看情况。
  It depends on the context.
• 这要看情况。
  It depends on the context.

Words starting with 情

• 情况qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation
• 情绪qíng xùmood; state of mind; moodiness
• 情景qíng jǐngscene; spectacle; circumstances; situation
• 情形qíng xingcircumstances; situation; state of affairs
• 情节qíng jiécircumstances; plot; storyline
• 情报qíng bàoinformation; intelligence
• 情理qíng lǐreason; sense
• 情感qíng gǎnfeeling; emotion; to move (emotionally)
• 情人qíng rénlover; sweetheart
• 情侣qíng lǚsweethearts; lovers
• 情愿qíng yuànwillingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)
• 情书qíng shūlove letter
• 情结qíng jiécomplex (psychology)
• 情趣qíng qùinclinations and interests; delight; fun
• 情调qíng diàoambience; mood; flavor
• 情怀qíng huáifeelings; mood
• 情不自禁qíng bù zì jīn(idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but
• 情欲qíng yùlust; desire; sensual
• 情境qíng jìngsituation; context; setting; environment
• 情歌qíng gēlove song
• 情妇qíng fùmistress; paramour (of married man)
• 情缘qíng yuánpredestined love; love affinity
• 情意qíng yìfriendly regard; affection
• 情谊qíng yìfriendship; camaraderie

Words containing 情

• 事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business
• 爱情ài qíngromance; love (romantic)
• 热情rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic; passion
• 心情xīn qíngmood; frame of mind
• 感情gǎn qíngemotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
• 同情tóng qíngto sympathize with; sympathy
• 表情biǎo qíng(facial) expression; to express one's feelings
• 激情jī qíngpassion; fervor; enthusiasm
• 神情shén qínglook; expression
• 性情xìng qíngnature; temperament
• 风土人情fēng tǔ rén qínglocal conditions and customs (idiom)
• 盛情shèng qínggreat kindness; magnificent hospitality
• 深情厚谊shēn qíng hòu yìdeep friendship
• 友情yǒu qíngfriendly feelings; friendship
• 无情wú qíngpitiless; ruthless; merciless
• 风情fēng qíngmien; bearing; grace
• 剧情jù qíngstory line; plot; drama (genre)
• 行情háng qíngmarket price; quotation of market price; the current market situation
• 病情bìng qíngstate of an illness; patient's condition
• 色情sè qíngpornography; sex
• 深情shēn qíngdeep emotion; deep feeling; deep love; affectionate; loving
• 尽情jìn qíngas much as one likes
• 真情zhēn qíngreal situation; the truth; true emotions; true feelings
• 亲情qīn qíngaffection; family love; love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children

Characters built on 青

These share the phonetic component 青 (qīng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet
• 睛jīngeye; eyeball
• 晴qíngclear; fine (weather)
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 靖jìng(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress

Characters that look like 情

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 债zhàidebt
• 馈kuì(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 惜xīto cherish; to begrudge; to pity
• 倩qiànpretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help

Sounds the same

Read qíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 晴clear; fine (weather)
• 擎to raise; to hold up; to lift up
• 氰cyanogen (CN)2; ethanedinitrile; Taiwan pr. qīng
• 黥to tattoo criminals on the face or forehead
• 勍violent; strong
• 檠instrument for straightening bows
• 殑swoon
• 㯳variant of 檠
• 暒old variant of 晴