HSK 5 · Verbs

决心 juéxīn “determination” in Chinese

Traditional 決心

What 决心 means

  1. determination
  2. resolution
  3. determined
  4. firm and resolute
  5. to make up one’s mind

Measure word 个 gè · 一个决心 yí ge juéxīn

How to say 决心

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale决jué2nd 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

决心 in a sentence

  1. 我是个有决心、有条理、有责任的人。

    Wǒ shì ge yǒu juéxīn, yǒu tiáolǐ, yǒu zérèn de rén.

    I’m a determined, organised and responsible person.

    Sentence #4764593 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他很快就下定了决心。

    Tā hěn kuài jiù xiàdìng le juéxīn.

    He made up his mind quickly.

    Sentence #337247 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我决心要成为一名科学家。

    Wǒ juéxīn yào chéngwéi yì míng kēxuéjiā.

    I’m determined to become a scientist.

    Sentence #926776 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 决心 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 决 (jué) with each of its parts in a different colour
决juéto decide
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 夬decisive · guài

Memory aidSimplified from 決, water 氵 breaking through a bank. 夬 (guài) gives the sound: to burst, to decide.

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 决心

决 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.

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

Words related to 决心

Words with 决

解决jiějué · settle a dispute决定juédìng · decide决赛juésài · finals (of a competition)坚决jiānjué · firm决策juécè · to make a policy decision表决biǎojué · to vote否决fǒujué · to veto判决pànjué · verdict

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: Thinking & Talking

假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse据说jùshuō · it is said that看不起kànbuqǐ · to look down upon夸kuā · to praise骂mà · to scold满足mǎnzú · to satisfy

FAQs

决心 (juéxīn) means “determination” or “resolution”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it juéxīn: jué 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 决心 is written 決心. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one determination is 一个决心 (yí ge juéxīn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juexin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 决心 from the suggestions. Typing juexin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
决心 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.