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HSK 2 · Feelings

心里

xīn li

in one's heart; in one's mind

Stroke order of 心里

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

心 · 4 strokes里 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

心 is a heart and 里 is the inside of a field: inside the heart.

Parts: 心 heart + 里 inside

The characters in 心里

  • 心 xīn — heart; mind (4 strokes)
  • 里 lǐ — inside (7 strokes)

Example sentence

我心里很高兴。

I'm very happy inside.

Words with 心

中心centre开心happy放心to be at ease; to relax心情mood心中in one's heart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 里

哪里where这里here那里there家里at home; family里inside里边inside夜里at night里头inside公里kilometre里面inside

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心中in one's heart感到to feel感觉to feel; feeling不好意思sorry; embarrassed啊ah; oh (particle)

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