HSK 6 · Emotions

盛情 shèngqíng “great kindness” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 盛情 means

  1. great kindness
  2. warm hospitality
  3. magnificent hospitality

How to say 盛情

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale盛shèng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale情qíng2nd tone, rising

盛情 in a sentence

  1. 照这样的情况，很抱歉，我不能接受你的盛情邀请。

    Zhào zhèyàng de qíngkuàng, hěn bàoqiàn, wǒ bù néng jiēshòu nǐ de shèngqíng yāoqǐng.

    In that case, I’m sorry, but I can’t accept your kind invitation.

    Sentence #332541 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 盛情 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 盛 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
盛shèngflourishing
  • 成to accomplish · chéngSound part
  • 皿dish · mǐnMeaning part

皿 hints at the meaning (dish); 成 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shèng.

The character 情 (qíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
情qíngfeelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qíng.

How to write 盛情

盛 11 strokes · 情 11 strokes

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

Words related to 盛情

Words with 盛

盛chéng · to fill (a bowl)丰盛fēngshèng · lavish昌盛chāngshèng · prosperous盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in盛行shèngxíng · to be popular茂盛màoshèng · lush盛开shèngkāi · to be in full bloom

Words with 情

事情shìqing · matter热情rèqíng · cordial爱情àiqíng · romance感情gǎnqíng · emotion同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with心情xīnqíng · mood情况qíngkuàng · circumstances表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression情绪qíngxù · mood情景qíngjǐng · scene

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

忍受rěnshòu · to bear容忍róngrěn · to tolerate荣幸róngxìng · honoured伤脑筋shāngnǎojīn · troublesome深情厚谊shēnqínghòuyì · deep friendship受罪shòuzuì · to suffer舒畅shūchàng · happy疏远shūyuǎn · to drift apart

FAQs

盛情 (shèngqíng) means “great kindness” or “warm hospitality”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shèngqíng: shèng with a 4th tone, then qíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 盛情 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengqing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 盛情 from the suggestions. Typing shengqing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
盛情 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.