HSK 6 · Emotions

心眼儿 xīnyǎnr “mind” in Chinese

Traditional 心眼兒

What 心眼儿 means

  1. mind
  2. intention
  3. tolerance
  4. one’s thoughts
  5. willingness to accept new ideas
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • baseless suspicions

How to say 心眼儿

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale眼yǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own儿rneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

心眼儿 in a sentence

  1. 他心眼儿好，总是帮助别人。

    Tā xīnyǎnr hǎo, zǒngshì bāngzhù biéren.

    He has a kind heart and always helps others.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 别这么小心眼儿，这只是个玩笑。

    Bié zhème xiǎo xīnyǎnr, zhè zhǐshì ge wánxiào.

    Don’t be so petty. It’s only a joke.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 心眼儿 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 眼 (yǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
眼yǎneye 双)
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǎn.

The character 儿 (ér) with each of its parts in a different colour
儿rnon-syllabic diminutive suffix
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

Memory aidSimplified from 兒, a child drawn with a big head. Only the legs 儿 are left today.

How to write 心眼儿

心 4 strokes · 眼 11 strokes · 儿 2 strokes

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

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

Words related to 心眼儿

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 眼

眼睛yǎnjing · eye眼镜yǎnjìng · glasses眼yǎn · eye眼色yǎnsè · meaningful look眼神yǎnshén · look in one’s eyes耀眼yàoyǎn · dazzling眼光yǎnguāng · vision

Words with 儿

儿子érzi · son女儿nǚ'ér · daughter哪儿nǎr · where这儿zhèr · here那儿nàr · there一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little面条儿miàntiáor · noodles好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly男孩儿nánháir · boy

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

心灵xīnlíng · heart心态xīntài · mindset心疼xīnténg · to love dearly欣慰xīnwèi · gratified胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind羞耻xiūchǐ · shame喜悦xǐyuè · joy虚荣xūróng · vanity

FAQs

心眼儿 (xīnyǎnr) means “mind” or “intention”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xīnyǎnr: xīn with a 1st tone, then yǎn with a 3rd tone, then r with a neutral 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, 心眼儿 is written 心眼兒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinyanr with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 心眼儿 from the suggestions. Typing xinyanr into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
心眼儿 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.