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核心

hé xīn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

核心 (hé xīn) means "core; nucleus". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 核心 means

1. core; nucleus

The characters in 核心

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 家庭是社会的核心。
  Jiātíng shì shèhuì de héxīn.
  The family is the fundamental unit of society.
• 你们俩是团队的核心。
  Nǐmen liǎ shì tuánduì de héxīn.
  You two are the nucleus of the team.
• 这个章节是这部小说的核心。
  Zhège zhāngjié shì zhè bù xiǎoshuō de héxīn.
  This chapter is the heart of the novel.
• 世界语的思想核心在于一切语言文化的平等。
  The heart of Esperanto ideology is the equality of all languages and cultures.
• 我的灵魂里有很多地方玩世不恭，对人傲慢无礼，但是它有一个核心，这个核心害怕黑暗，柔弱得像绵羊一样。
  Wǒ de línghún lǐ yǒu hěn duō dìfang wánshìbùgōng, duì rén àomàn wúlǐ, dànshì tā yǒu yī gè héxīn, zhège héxīn hàipà hēi'àn, róuruò de xiàng miányáng yīyàng.
  In my soul there are many places that are cynical and arrogant, but at its core, it fears the darkness and is as weak as a sheep.
• 在一个晴朗的十月天，奈尼湖在午后阳光下波光粼粼，船夫划桨载着游客穿过这片山区度假胜地最核心的景观，草木繁茂、松林复盖的喜马拉雅山峰将其包围。
  On a clear October day, Naini Lake shimmers in the afternoon sun as boatmen row tourists across the hill resort’s prime attraction nestled amid lush, pine-clothed Himalayan peaks.

Sounds the same

Read hé xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 合心acting together; to one's liking
• 河心middle of the river

Where 核心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Vitality, Participation & Social Energy (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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