HSK 6 · Emotions

野心 yěxīn “ambition” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 野心 means

  1. ambition
  2. wild ambition
  3. wild schemes
  4. careerism

How to say 野心

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale野yě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale心xīn1st tone, high and level

野心 in a sentence

  1. 他是个很有野心的人。

    Tā shì ge hěn yǒu yěxīn de rén.

    He’s a very ambitious man.

    Sentence #437937 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 因为他有野心,他很努力地工作。

    Yīnwèi tā yǒu yěxīn, tā hěn nǔlì de gōngzuò.

    Because he’s ambitious, he works very hard.

    Sentence #908343 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 野心 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 野 (yě) with each of its parts in a different colour
野yěfield
  • 里village · lǐMeaning part
  • 予to give · yúSound part

里 hints at the meaning (village); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yě.

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 野心

野 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.

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

Words related to 野心

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FAQs

野心 (yěxīn) means “ambition” or “wild ambition”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yěxīn: yě with a 3rd 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.
Yes. 野心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yexin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 野心 from the suggestions. Typing yexin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
野心 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.