HSK 5 · Adjectives

虚心 xūxīn “open-minded” in Chinese

Traditional 虛心

What 虚心 means

  1. open-minded
  2. humble

How to say 虚心

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale虚xū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale心xīn1st tone, high and level

虚心 in a sentence

  1. 他很虚心，总是向别人学习。

    Tā hěn xūxīn, zǒngshì xiàng biéren xuéxí.

    He’s very humble and always learns from others.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 学习的时候要虚心听别人的意见。

    Xuéxí de shíhou yào xūxīn tīng biéren de yìjiàn.

    When you’re learning, listen to other people’s views with an open mind.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 虚心 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 虚 (xū) with each of its parts in a different colour
虚xūemptiness
  • 虍tiger · hū
  • 业business · yè
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.

How to write 虚心

虚 11 strokes · 心 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 虚心

Words with 虚

谦虚qiānxū · modest虚假xūjiǎ · false虚伪xūwěi · hypocritical空虚kōngxū · empty虚荣xūróng · vanity

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

More words: Adjectives

相似xiāngsì · similar小气xiǎoqì · stingy孝顺xiàoshùn · filial斜xié · inclined迅速xùnsù · rapid严肃yánsù · solemn硬yìng · hard一致yízhì · consistent

FAQs

虚心 (xūxīn) means “open-minded” or “humble”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xūxīn: xū with a 1st tone, then xīn with a 1st 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, 虚心 is written 虛心. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 虚心 from the suggestions. Typing xuxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
虚心 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.