心 (sam1 | xin1) : heart

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心

sam1

xin1

[1] [n] heart [2] mind [3] conscience; moral nature [4] intention; idea; ambition; design [5] [n] core; middle; center; inside [6] one of the 28 constellations [7] Kangxi radical 61

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

心

This word has been viewed 32328 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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費心 fai3 sam1 fei4 xin1 = to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) [粵] 麻煩你國

手心 sau2 sam1 shou3 xin1 = palm of the hand 國

小心 siu2 sam1 xiao3 xin1 = careful, warning

開心 hoi1 sam1 kai1 xin1 = happy

他心 taa1 sam1 ta1 xin1 = insincerity

心想 sam1 soeng2 xin1 xiang3 = to wish, a wish

中心 zung1 sam1 zhong1 xin1 = centre; middle

心頭 sam1 tau4 xin1 tou2 = mind; thoughts

擔心 daam1 sam1 dan1 xin1 = worry

點心 dim2 sam1 dian3 xin5 = dim sum
See all 649 compounds (CantoDict reports 671 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 36 examples containing 心

我唔開心。粵
I am not happy.

行路要小心。粵
You must be careful when walking.

好開心識到你. 粵
Nice to meet you.
[(lit.) Very happy to have met you.]

你仲開心過我粵
You're even happier than me.
[Lit. You even happy surpass me.]

我一見到我父母就好開心。粵
I am very happy upon seeing my parents.

小心揸車。粵
Drive carefully.

如果唔夠小心嘅話，放煙花就好危險粵
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.

我對呢一點好有信心粵
I‘m very confident about this.
[Lit. I towards this point very confident]

個個學生都擔心自己嘅成績。粵
Every student is worried about his grades.
[Reduplicated classifiers (like 個個 here) can be used as a subject, but not as an object. We cannot say, for instance, 通知個個 for "to tell everyone". ]

你小心畀人搵笨。粵
Be careful not to be tricked by anyone.

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