HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Thinking

心 xīn “heart” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 心 means

  1. heart
  2. mind
  3. feelings
  4. intention
  5. centre
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • core

Measure word 颗 kē or 个 gè · 一颗心 yì kē xīn

How to say 心

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale心xīn1st tone, high and level

心 in a sentence

  1. 幸福是由自己的心决定的。

    Xìngfú shì yóu zìjǐ de xīn juédìng de.

    Happiness is decided by your own heart.

    Sentence #904994 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我很担心我儿子的安全。

    Wǒ hěn dānxīn wǒ érzi de ānquán.

    I’m very worried about my son’s safety.

    Sentence #9958235 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 没有什么比游泳更让我开心。

    Méiyǒu shénme bǐ yóuyǒng gèng ràng wǒ kāixīn.

    Nothing makes me happier than swimming.

    Sentence #10538600 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 心

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.

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

Words related to 心

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伤心shāngxīn · to grieve粗心cūxīn · careless耐心nàixīn · to be patient开心kāixīn · to feel happy心情xīnqíng · mood

More words: Thinking & Feeling

想到xiǎngdào · to think of感到gǎndào · to feel怕pà · to fear心里xīnlǐ · in one’s heart懂得dǒngde · to understand喜爱xǐ'ài · to like认得rènde · to recognise感gǎn · (suffix) sense of …

FAQs

心 (xīn) means “heart” or “mind”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it xīn: xīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 颗 (kē) or 个 (gè). For example, one heart is 一颗心 (yì kē xīn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 心 from the suggestions. Typing xin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
心 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older 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.