HSK 5 · Body

胸 xiōng “chest” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 胸 means

  1. chest
  2. bosom
  3. heart
  4. mind
  5. thorax

How to say 胸

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale胸xiōng1st tone, high and level

胸 in a sentence

  1. 你有胸痛吗？

    Nǐ yǒu xiōng tòng ma?

    Are you having any chest pain?

    Sentence #13911082 from Tatoeba

  2. 抬头，挺胸。

    Táitóu, tǐng xiōng.

    Head up, chest out.

    Sentence #10484064 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 胸口有点儿疼，所以吃不下饭。

    Xiōngkǒu yǒudiǎnr téng, suǒyǐ chībuxià fàn.

    My chest hurts a bit, so I can’t eat.

    Sentence #420940 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 胸 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 胸 (xiōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
胸xiōngchest
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 匈breast · Xiōng

How to write 胸

胸 10 strokes

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

Words related to 胸

Words with 胸

胸膛xiōngtáng · chest胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind

More words: People, Body & Health

受伤shòushāng · to be injured胃wèi · stomach消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)心脏xīnzàng · heart血xuè · blood牙齿yáchǐ · tooth痒yǎng · to itch腰yāo · waist

FAQs

胸 (xiōng) means “chest” or “bosom”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiōng: xiōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 胸 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 胸 from the suggestions. Typing xiong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
胸 is an HSK 5 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.