Put your heart into it; don’t fret or get annoyed.
Sentence #2055647 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 操心 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.
操cāoto grasp
扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
喿the sound of birds chirping · sàoSound part
扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 喿 (sào) hints at the sound. Compare it with cāo.
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 操心
操 16 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 操心 (cāoxīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
操心 (cāoxīn) means “to worry about”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cāoxīn: cāo 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. 操心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caoxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 操心 from the suggestions. Typing caoxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
操心 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.
操cāo1st tone, high and level
