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操心

cāo xīn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

操心 (cāo xīn) means "to worry about". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 操心 means

1. to worry about

The characters in 操心

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 要用心，不要操心、烦心。
  Yào yòngxīn, bù yào cāoxīn, fán xīn.
  Be diligent, don't worry or be annoyed.
• 别太操心了，不然会掉头发的。
  Bié tài cāoxīn le, bù rán huì diào tóufa de.
  Don't worry too much, or you'll go bald.

Where 操心 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cāo xīn correctly.
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