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衷

zhōng

HSK 6 Character

What 衷 means

1. inner feelings

Example sentences

• 我衷心感谢您。
  I thank you with all my heart.
• 这不是我的初衷。
  Zhè bù shì wǒ de chūzhōng.
  That wasn't my intent.
• 不能忘记自己的初衷。
  You shouldn't forget your original intentions.
• 衷心祝贺你的生日，穆里尔！
  Zhōngxīn zhùhè nǐ de shēngrì, Mùlǐ'ěr!
  Congratulations for your birthday, Muriel!
• 丝绸之路形成的初衷并非是贸易。
  Sīchóuzhī Lù xíngchéng de chūzhōng bìngfēi shì màoyì.
  The original purpose of the Silk Road was not for trade.
• 他不仅是对这个有兴趣，并相当热衷。
  Tā bù jǐn shì duì zhège yǒuxìngqù, bìng xiāngdāng rèzhōng.
  He is not just interested, he's crazy about it.

Words starting with 衷

• 衷心zhōng xīnheartfelt; wholehearted; cordial

Words containing 衷

• 无动于衷wú dòng yú zhōngaloof; indifferent; unconcerned
• 热衷rè zhōngto feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession
• 由衷yóu zhōngheartfelt; sincere; unfeigned
• 初衷chū zhōngoriginal intention
• 苦衷kǔ zhōngsecret trouble; sorrow; difficulties
• 言不由衷yán bù yóu zhōngto say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek…
• 丹衷dān zhōngreal sincerity
• 隐衷yǐn zhōnga secret; sth best not told to anyone; confidential information
• 互诉衷肠hù sù zhōng cháng(idiom) to confide in each other
• 倾吐衷肠qīng tǔ zhōng chángto pour out (emotions); to pour one's heart out; to say everything that is on one's mind
• 折衷主义zhé zhōng zhǔ yìeclecticism
• 折衷鹦鹉zhé zhōng yīng wǔEclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea)
• 莫衷一是mò zhōng yī shìunable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice…
• 折衷zhé zhōngvariant of 折中

Characters built on 中

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

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 冲chōng(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse
• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 仲zhòngsecond month of a season; middle; intermediate
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…
• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 忡chōnggrieved; distressed; sad

Characters that look like 衷

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

• 桌zhuōtable; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
• 衰shuāi(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…
• 巢cháonest
• 宸chénimperial apartments
• 衮gǔnimperial robe

Sounds the same

Read zhōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 中within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 终end; finish
• 钟handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 忠loyal; devoted; faithful
• 锺nonstandard simplified variant of 钟
• 盅handleless cup; goblet
• 柊used in 柊叶
• 彸restless, agitated
• 伀restless; agitated
• 螽(grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado
• 汷name of an ancient river in Hubei
• 忪used in 怔忪