HSK 6 · Emotions

心态 xīntài “mindset” in Chinese

Traditional 心態

What 心态 means

  1. mindset
  2. mentality
  3. attitude
  4. attitude (of the heart)
  5. state of one’s psyche
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • way of thinking

How to say 心态

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale心xīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale态tài4th tone, falling

心态 in a sentence

  1. 他一直都对他的未来事业保持着开明的心态。

    Tā yìzhí dōu duì tā de wèilái shìyè bǎochí zhe kāimíng de xīntài.

    He has always kept an open mind about his future career.

    Sentence #10098963 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 心态 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.

The character 态 (tài) with each of its parts in a different colour
态tàiappearance
  • 太very · tàiSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 太 (tài) hints at the sound. Compare it with tài.

How to write 心态

心 4 strokes · 态 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 心态

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心xīn · heart伤心shāngxīn · to grieve粗心cūxīn · careless耐心nàixīn · to be patient开心kāixīn · to feel happy

Words with 态

态度tàidu · attitude状态zhuàngtài · condition神态shéntài · expression表态biǎotài · to state one’s position生态shēngtài · ecology动态dòngtài · trend事态shìtài · situation形态xíngtài · form姿态zītài · posture

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

兴高采烈xìnggāocǎiliè · in high spirits兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm信赖xìnlài · to trust心灵xīnlíng · heart心疼xīnténg · to love dearly欣慰xīnwèi · gratified心眼儿xīnyǎnr · mind胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind

FAQs

心态 (xīntài) means “mindset” or “mentality”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xīntài: xīn with a 1st tone, then tài 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, 心态 is written 心態. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xintai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 心态 from the suggestions. Typing xintai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
心态 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.