HSK 6 · Emotions

热泪盈眶 rèlèiyíngkuàng “eyes brimming with tears” in Chinese

Traditional 熱淚盈眶

What 热泪盈眶 means

  1. eyes brimming with tears
  2. deeply moved
  3. eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom)
  4. extremely moved

How to say 热泪盈眶

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale热rè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale泪lèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale盈yíng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale眶kuàng4th tone, falling

热泪盈眶 in a sentence

  1. 他热泪盈眶。

    Tā rèlèiyíngkuàng.

    His eyes brimmed with tears.

    Sentence #3031847 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 热泪盈眶 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 热 (rè) with each of its parts in a different colour
热rèto warm up
  • 执to execute · zhíSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 执 (zhí) hints at the sound. Compare it with rè.

The character 泪 (lèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
泪lèitears; teardrops
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 目eye · mù
The character 盈 (yíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
盈yíngfull
  • 夃part of the character
  • 皿dish · mǐnMeaning part
The character 眶 (kuàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
眶kuàngeye socket
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 匡to correct · kuāngSound part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 匡 (kuāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuàng.

How to write 热泪盈眶

热 10 strokes · 泪 8 strokes · 盈 9 strokes · 眶 11 strokes

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

Words related to 热泪盈眶

Words with 热

热rè · hot热情rèqíng · cordial热闹rènao · bustling with noise and excitement热烈rèliè · enthusiastic热爱rè'ài · to love ardently热心rèxīn · enthusiastic亲热qīnrè · affectionate热门rèmén · popular炎热yánrè · scorching hot (weather)

Words with 泪

流泪liúlèi · to shed tears

Words with 盈

盈利yínglì · profit

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

期望qīwàng · to expect岂有此理qǐyǒucǐlǐ · outrageous气质qìzhì · temperament趣味qùwèi · interest忍耐rěnnài · to be patient忍受rěnshòu · to bear容忍róngrěn · to tolerate荣幸róngxìng · honoured

FAQs

热泪盈眶 (rèlèiyíngkuàng) means “eyes brimming with tears” or “deeply moved”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it rèlèiyíngkuàng: rè with a 4th tone, then lèi with a 4th tone, then yíng with a 2nd tone, then kuàng with a 4th 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, 热泪盈眶 is written 熱淚盈眶. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type releiyingkuang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 热泪盈眶 from the suggestions. Typing releiyingkuang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
热泪盈眶 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.