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欣

xīn

HSK 5 Character

What 欣 means

1. happy

Example sentences

• 我欣赏你。
  I admire you.
• 她欣喜若狂。
  Tā xīnxǐruòkuáng.
  She was beside herself with joy.
• 我们欣喜若狂。
  Wǒmen xīnxǐruòkuáng.
  We were overjoyed.
• 我欣赏好音乐。
  I appreciate good music.
• 我真是欣喜若狂。
  Wǒ zhēnshi xīnxǐruòkuáng.
  I'm absolutely elated.
• 我欣赏你的无知。
  I admire your ignorance.

Words starting with 欣

• 欣赏xīn shǎngto appreciate; to enjoy; to admire
• 欣慰xīn wèito be gratified
• 欣欣向荣xīn xīn xiàng róng(idiom) flourishing; thriving
• 欣然xīn rángladly; cheerfully
• 欣喜xīn xǐhappy
• 欣喜若狂xīn xǐ ruò kuángto be wild with joy (idiom)
• 欣幸xīn xìngdelighted; overjoyed
• 欣弗Xīn fúbrand name of an antibiotic injection blamed for a number of deaths in 2006
• 欣逢xīn féngon the happy occasion of

Words containing 欣

• 欢欣huān xīnelated
• 欢欣鼓舞huān xīn gǔ wǔ(idiom) elated and excited; overjoyed
• 李嘉欣Lǐ Jiā xīnMichele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese…
• 茨欣瓦利Cí xīn wǎ lìTskhinvali, capital of South Osetia
• 易卜拉欣Yì bǔ lā xīn(name) Ibrahim or Ebrahim; Ibrahim, a revered prophet in Islam, known as Abraham in the…
• 刘慈欣Liú Cí xīnLiu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
• 欢欣雀跃huān xīn què yuèelated; overjoyed

Characters built on 斤

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

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 近jìnnear; close to; approximately
• 芹qínChinese celery
• 昕xīndawn
• 靳jìnmartingale; stingy
• 忻xīnhappy

Characters that look like 欣

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

• 找zhǎoto try to find; to look for; to call on sb
• 牧mùto herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old)
• 肤fūskin
• 秋qiūautumn; fall; harvest time
• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)

Sounds the same

Read xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 新new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 心heart; mind; intention
• 辛(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
• 薪(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
• 芯(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
• 馨fragrant
• 鑫(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)
• 歆pleased; moved
• 昕dawn
• 锌zinc (chemistry)
• 忻happy
• 莘Asarum; Wild ginger; also 细辛