HSK 6 · Function Words

成心 chéngxīn “on purpose” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 成心 means

  1. on purpose
  2. deliberately
  3. intentionally

How to say 成心

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd 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

成心 in a sentence

  1. 对不起，我不是成心的。

    Duìbuqǐ, wǒ bú shì chéngxīn de.

    Sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 你是不是成心让我生气？

    Nǐ shì bu shì chéngxīn ràng wǒ shēngqì?

    Are you trying to make me angry?

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 成心 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 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character
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 成心

成 6 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.

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

Words related to 成心

Words with 成

完成wánchéng · to complete成绩chéngjì · achievement变成biànchéng · to turn into成功chénggōng · success成为chéngwéi · to become养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate成人chéngrén · adult赞成zànchéng · to approve成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up

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

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不免bùmiǎn · inevitably不惜bùxī · not to hesitate (to)不由得bùyóude · can’t help (doing)不止bùzhǐ · more than除chú · except大不了dàbuliǎo · at worst当面dāngmiàn · face to face大肆dàsì · wantonly

FAQs

成心 (chéngxīn) means “on purpose” or “deliberately”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéngxīn: chéng 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. 成心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 成心 from the suggestions. Typing chengxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
成心 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.