HSK 2 · Feelings

心中

xīn zhōng

in one's heart

Stroke order of 心中

2 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

心 · 4 strokes 中 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

心 is a heart and 中 is a line through the middle of a box: the middle of the heart.

Parts: 心 heart + 中 middle

The characters in 心中

心 xīn — heart; mind (4 strokes)
中 zhōng — middle; China (4 strokes)

Example sentence

他心中有很多想法。

He has many ideas in his mind.

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 关心to care about 信心confidence 小心careful; to be careful 心heart; mind 爱心love; compassion 伤心sad; heartbroken 内心heart; inner feelings 决心determination 担心to worry

Words with 中

中午noon 中学middle school 中学生middle school student 中文Chinese (language)中国China 中间middle; between 中middle; China 中年middle age 中医traditional Chinese medicine 中餐Chinese food 高中senior high school 中小学primary and secondary schools 中心centre 其中among them 中级intermediate 中华民族the Chinese nation 初中junior middle school 中部central part

More words: Feelings

开心happy 快乐happy; joyful 难过sad; upset 放心to be at ease; to relax 感动to move (emotionally); moved 满意satisfied 不满dissatisfied 可怕terrible; scary 怕to be afraid 急anxious; urgent 心情mood 心里in one's heart; in one's mind 感到to feel 感觉to feel; feeling 不好意思sorry; embarrassed 啊ah; oh (particle)

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