HSK 5 · Emotions

恨 hèn “to hate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 恨 means

  1. to hate
  2. to regret

How to say 恨

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale恨hèn4th tone, falling

恨 in a sentence

  1. 我恨冬天。

    Wǒ hèn dōngtiān.

    I hate winter.

    Sentence #10260800 from Tatoeba

  2. 我恨蚊子。

    Wǒ hèn wénzi.

    I hate mosquitoes.

    Sentence #5983641 from Tatoeba

  3. 你为什么恨我？

    Nǐ wèishénme hèn wǒ?

    Why do you hate me?

    Sentence #8589273 from Tatoeba

How 恨 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.

The character 恨 (hèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
恨hènto hate
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with hèn.

How to write 恨

恨 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

恨 (hèn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 恨 (hèn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 恨

Words with 恨

悔恨huǐhèn · remorse恨不得hènbude · to be dying to

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

倒霉dǎoméi · to have bad luck发愁fāchóu · to worry感激gǎnjī · to be grateful好奇hàoqí · inquisitive怀念huáiniàn · to cherish the memory of灰心huīxīn · to lose heart寂寞jìmò · lonely冷淡lěngdàn · cold

FAQs

恨 (hèn) means “to hate” or “to regret”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it hèn: hèn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 恨 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 恨 from the suggestions. Typing hen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
恨 is an HSK 5 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.