HSK 2 · Attitudes

小心

xiǎo xīn

careful; to be careful

Stroke order of 小心

2 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

小 · 3 strokes 心 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

Keep your '心' heart '小' small and alert: be careful.

Parts: 小 small + 心 heart

The characters in 小心

小 xiǎo — small; little (3 strokes)
心 xīn — heart; mind (4 strokes)

Example sentence

路上有冰，小心一点儿！

There's ice on the road, be careful!

Words with 小

小姐Miss; young lady 小孩儿child 小朋友child; kid 小时hour 小学primary school 小学生primary school student 小small; little 小时候in childhood 从小since childhood 中小学primary and secondary schools 小组group 小说novel 小声in a low voice 大小size

Words with 心

中心centre 开心happy 放心to be at ease; to relax 心情mood 心里in one's heart; in one's mind 心中in one's heart 关心to care about 信心confidence 心heart; mind 爱心love; compassion 伤心sad; heartbroken 内心heart; inner feelings 决心determination 担心to worry

More words: Attitudes

热情warm; enthusiastic 友好friendly 关心to care about 态度attitude 信心confidence 理想ideal; dream 努力to work hard; effort 故意on purpose 随便as you like; casual 愿意to be willing 欢迎to welcome 感谢to thank 照顾to take care of 帮助to help; help 重视to attach importance to

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