HSK 5 · Emotions

爱心 àixīn “compassion” in Chinese

Traditional 愛心

What 爱心 means

  1. compassion
  2. kindness
  3. care for others
  4. love
  5. charity (bazaar, golf day etc)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • heart (the symbol ♥)

Measure word 片 piàn · 一片爱心 yí piàn àixīn

How to say 爱心

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale爱ài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale心xīn1st tone, high and level

爱心 in a sentence

  1. 我被她对别人的爱心所感动。

    Wǒ bèi tā duì biéren de àixīn suǒ gǎndòng.

    I was moved by her kindness towards others.

    Sentence #1529525 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他很有爱心。

    Tā hěn yǒu àixīn.

    He’s very caring.

    Sentence #6120206 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 同情心和爱心绝不可混为一谈。

    Tóngqíngxīn hé àixīn jué bù kě hùnwéiyìtán.

    Pity and love should never be confused.

    Sentence #348164 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 爱心 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 爱 (ài) with each of its parts in a different colour
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 友friend · yǒu

Memory aidA hand 爫 bringing a friend 友 under a cover 冖: love.

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 爱心

爱 10 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.

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

Words related to 爱心

Words with 爱

爱ài · to love可爱kě'ài · cute爱好àihào · hobby爱人àiren · husband or wife喜爱xǐ'ài · to like爱情àiqíng · romance恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love爱护àihù · to cherish爱惜àixī · to cherish亲爱qīn'ài · dear

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: Emotions & Attitudes

安慰ānwèi · to comfort表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression惭愧cánkuì · ashamed操心cāoxīn · to worry about指望zhǐwàng · to count on知足常乐zhīzúchánglè · contentment brings happiness自卑zìbēi · to feel inferior自满zìmǎn · complacent

FAQs

爱心 (àixīn) means “compassion” or “kindness”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it àixīn: ài with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 爱心 is written 愛心. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 片 (piàn). For example, one compassion is 一片爱心 (yí piàn àixīn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type aixin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 爱心 from the suggestions. Typing aixin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
爱心 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.