HSK 6 · Emotions

心疼 xīnténg “to love dearly” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 心疼 means

  1. to love dearly
  2. to feel sorry for
  3. to begrudge
  4. to feel sorry for sb
  5. to regret
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to grudge
  • to be distressed

How to say 心疼

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale疼téng2nd tone, rising

心疼 in a sentence

  1. 看到孩子生病，妈妈很心疼。

    Kàndào háizi shēngbìng, māma hěn xīnténg.

    Mum was very upset to see her child sick.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 新手机摔坏了，我心疼了好几天。

    Xīn shǒujī shuāihuài le, wǒ xīnténg le hǎo jǐ tiān.

    My new phone got smashed, and I was upset about it for days.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 心疼 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 疼 (téng) with each of its parts in a different colour
疼ténghurts; sore
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 冬part of the characterSound part

How to write 心疼

心 4 strokes · 疼 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 心疼

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 疼

疼téng · ache疼爱téng'ài · to love dearly

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm信赖xìnlài · to trust心灵xīnlíng · heart心态xīntài · mindset欣慰xīnwèi · gratified心眼儿xīnyǎnr · mind胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind羞耻xiūchǐ · shame

FAQs

心疼 (xīnténg) means “to love dearly” or “to feel sorry for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xīnténg: xīn with a 1st tone, then téng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 心疼 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinteng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 心疼 from the suggestions. Typing xinteng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
心疼 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.