It was really careless of her to make a mistake like that.
Sentence #1422725 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 粗心 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
粗cūwide; thick
米rice · mǐMeaning part
且moreover · qiěSound part
米 hints at the meaning (rice); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with cū.
心xīnheart
心 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a heart. On the left of a character it is written 忄.
How to write 粗心
粗 11 strokes · 心 4 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 粗心 (cūxīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
粗心 (cūxīn) means “careless” or “thoughtless”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it cūxīn: cū with a 1st tone, then xīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 粗心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cuxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 粗心 from the suggestions. Typing cuxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
粗心 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
粗cū1st tone, high and level
