HSK 6 · Adjectives

精心 jīngxīn “meticulous” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 精心 means

  1. meticulous
  2. with great care
  3. with utmost care
  4. fine
  5. detailed

How to say 精心

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale精jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale心xīn1st tone, high and level

精心 in a sentence

  1. 为了她的重要约会,她精心打扮了一下。

    Wèile tā de zhòngyào yuēhuì, tā jīngxīn dǎban le yíxià.

    She got all dressed up for her big date.

    Sentence #817341 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她精心筹备了这个派对。

    Tā jīngxīn chóubèi le zhè ge pàiduì.

    She planned this party with great care.

    Sentence #834704 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 精心 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 精 (jīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
精jīngessence
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jīng.

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 精心

精 14 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.

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

Words related to 精心

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FAQs

精心 (jīngxīn) means “meticulous” or “with great care”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīngxīn: jīng 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. 精心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 精心 from the suggestions. Typing jingxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
精心 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.