HSK 6 · Ideas

心血 xīnxuè “painstaking effort” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 心血 means

  1. painstaking effort
  2. hard work
  3. heart’s blood
  4. expenditure (for some project)
  5. meticulous care

How to say 心血

  • 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血xuè4th tone, falling

心血 in a sentence

  1. 这本书花了他十年的心血。

    Zhè běn shū huā le tā shí nián de xīnxuè.

    This book took him ten years of painstaking work.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这家店是她一生的心血。

    Zhè jiā diàn shì tā yìshēng de xīnxuè.

    This shop is her life’s work.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 心血 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 血 (xuè) with each of its parts in a different colour
血xuèblood
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 皿dish · mǐn

How to write 心血

心 4 strokes · 血 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 心血

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 血

血xuè · blood血压xuèyā · blood pressure

More words: Ideas & Concepts

现状xiànzhuàng · current situation系列xìliè · series形态xíngtài · form信念xìnniàn · belief信仰xìnyǎng · belief修养xiūyǎng · self-cultivation雪上加霜xuěshàngjiāshuāng · one misfortune after another (lit. frost on top of snow)循环xúnhuán · cycle

FAQs

心血 (xīnxuè) means “painstaking effort” or “hard work”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xīnxuè: xīn with a 1st tone, then xuè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 心血 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinxue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 心血 from the suggestions. Typing xinxue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
心血 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.