HSK 6 · Ideas

良心 liángxīn “conscience” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 良心 means

  1. conscience

How to say 良心

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale良liáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale心xīn1st tone, high and level

良心 in a sentence

  1. 他对一个生病的男人说这种事真是没良心。

    Tā duì yí ge shēngbìng de nánrén shuō zhè zhǒng shì, zhēn shì méi liángxīn.

    It was heartless of him to say such a thing to a sick man.

    Sentence #817287 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他突然良心发现。

    Tā tūrán liángxīn fāxiàn.

    His conscience suddenly got the better of him.

    Sentence #13877239 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 良心 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.

The character 良 (liáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
良liánggood
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 艮stopping · gěn
The character 心 (xīn) drawn as one shape
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 良心

良 7 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.

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

Words related to 良心

Words with 良

良好liánghǎo · good善良shànliáng · good and honest改良gǎiliáng · to improve

Words with 心

担心dānxīn · to worry放心fàngxīn · relax关心guānxīn · concerned about/with小心xiǎoxīn · be careful心里xīnlǐ · in one’s heart心xīn · heart伤心shāngxīn · to grieve粗心cūxīn · careless耐心nàixīn · to be patient开心kāixīn · to feel happy

More words: Ideas & Concepts

框架kuàngjià · frame苦尽甘来kǔjìngānlái · after hardship comes happiness来历láilì · origin来源láiyuán · source立场lìchǎng · position里程碑lǐchéngbēi · milestone灵魂línghún · soul理所当然lǐsuǒdāngrán · naturally

FAQs

良心 (liángxīn) means “conscience”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it liángxīn: liáng with a 2nd 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. 良心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liangxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 良心 from the suggestions. Typing liangxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
良心 is an HSK 6 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.