HSK 4 · Verbs

伤心 shāngxīn “to grieve” in Chinese

Traditional 傷心

What 伤心 means

  1. to grieve
  2. to be broken-hearted
  3. to feel deeply hurt

How to say 伤心

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale伤shāng1st 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

伤心 in a sentence

  1. 别伤心。

    Bié shāngxīn.

    Don’t be sad.

    Sentence #7771891 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个消息让她很伤心。

    Zhè ge xiāoxi ràng tā hěn shāngxīn.

    The news made her very sad.

    Sentence #334540 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我伤心的时候,我的朋友会鼓励我。

    Wǒ shāngxīn de shíhou, wǒ de péngyou huì gǔlì wǒ.

    When I’m sad, my friends encourage me.

    Sentence #458782 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 伤心 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 伤 (shāng) drawn as one shape
伤shāngto injure

伤 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 伤心

伤 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.

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

Words related to 伤心

Words with 伤

Words with 心

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FAQs

伤心 (shāngxīn) means “to grieve” or “to be broken-hearted”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shāngxīn: shāng 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 伤心 is written 傷心. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shangxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 伤心 from the suggestions. Typing shangxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
伤心 is an HSK 4 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.