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细心

xì xīn

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 細心

细心 (xì xīn) means "careful; attentive". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 细心 means

1. meticulous; careful; attentive

The characters in 细心

• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 你好细心。
  You're so attentive.
• 你真细心。
  You're so caring.
• 他的工作表现得很不细心。
  Tā de gōngzuò biǎoxiàn de hěn bù xìxīn.
  His work showed carelessness.
• 他每件事做之前都会细心计划。
  Tā měi jiàn shì zuò zhīqián dōu huì xìxīn jìhuà.
  He always plans a thing out carefully before he does it.
• 只要你细心想一想，就会明白自己的错处了。
  Zhǐyào nǐ xìxīn xiǎng yī xiǎng, jiù huì míngbai zìjǐ de cuòchu le.
  A little reflection will show you that you are wrong.

Sounds the same

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

• 细辛Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum)

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