HSK 6 · Adjectives

仁慈 réncí “kind” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 仁慈 means

  1. kind
  2. benevolent
  3. merciful
  4. charitable
  5. kindly
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • kindness

How to say 仁慈

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale仁rén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale慈cí2nd tone, rising

仁慈 in a sentence

  1. 我遇到的人都很仁慈。

    Wǒ yùdào de rén dōu hěn réncí.

    The people I’ve met have all been very kind.

    Sentence #779458 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这位老人家非常仁慈。

    Zhè wèi lǎorénjia fēicháng réncí.

    This old gentleman is very kind.

    Sentence #872147 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我深深地被她的仁慈所感动。

    Wǒ shēnshēn de bèi tā de réncí suǒ gǎndòng.

    I was deeply moved by her kindness.

    Sentence #780383 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 仁慈 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 仁 (rén) with each of its parts in a different colour
仁rénhumane
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 二two · èr
The character 慈 (cí) with each of its parts in a different colour
慈cícompassionate
  • 兹now · cíSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 兹 (cí) hints at the sound. Compare it with cí.

How to write 仁慈

仁 4 strokes · 慈 13 strokes

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

Words related to 仁慈

Words with 慈

慈祥cíxiáng · kindly慈善císhàn · charity

More words: Adjectives

齐全qíquán · complete确切quèqiè · exact曲折qūzhé · winding热门rèmén · popular人工réngōng · man-made人为rénwéi · man-made任性rènxìng · wilful融洽róngqià · harmonious

FAQs

仁慈 (réncí) means “kind” or “benevolent”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it réncí: rén with a 2nd tone, then cí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 仁慈 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type renci with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 仁慈 from the suggestions. Typing renci into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
仁慈 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.