Chinese Notes

心 xīn

xīn noun heart [organ]
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Organ 器官
Notes: In this sense 心 means 心脏, in the sense of a physical organ (CCD '心' 1; FE '心' 1; Guoyu '心' n 1)
xīn noun Kangxi radical 61
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
xīn noun mind; consciousness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '心' 2; FE '心' 2; Guoyu '心' n 2)
xīn noun the center; the core; the middle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 中心 (CCD '心' 3; FE '心' 5; Guoyu '心' n 6; Kroll 2015 '心' 2, p. 507)
xīn noun one of the 28 star constellations
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Astronomy , Concept: Constellation 星座
Notes: In this sense 中心 (CCD '心' 3; FE '心' 5; Kroll 2015 '心' 4, p. 507)
xīn noun heart
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As the core of emotional and intellectual activity, first of the five viscera; for example, for idiom '惊心动魄 'to surprise the heart and move the soul' (CCI p. 38; Kroll 2015 '心' 1, p. 507)
xīn noun emotion
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 感情; for example, 伤心 'grieved' (Guoyu '心' n 3)
xīn noun intention; consideration
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '心' n 4; Kroll 2015 '心' 1a, p. 507)
xīn noun disposition; temperament
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 性情 (Guoyu '心' n 5)

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心中无数(心中無數) to have no idea; to be unsure
都柏林核心(都柏林核心) Dublin Core
虚心(虛心) modest and polite; humble ; ashamed
牵心挂肠(牽心掛腸) to worry deeply about something; extremely concerned
爱国心(愛國心) a patriotic heart
深得民心 to win the hearts of the people; to be popular among the masses
心头(心頭) mind
怵目惊心(怵目驚心) shocks the eye, astonishes the heart; shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight
黑心 a black heart
张心(張心) to be troubled; to be concerned
匠心 a creative mind
心绪(心緒) a state of mind; a mood
违心(違心) false; untrue to one's convictions; against one's will; disloyal
心脏舒张压(心臟舒張壓) diastolic blood pressure
心动女(心動女) the girl of your dreams
心上人 sweetheart; one's beloved
动心怵目(動心怵目) to feel so shaken that one is afraid to look
心怦怦跳 The heart thumps wildly.
人心不古 the men of today are sadly degenerated
人心所向 that which is yearned for by the public
多素心人 simple-minded men
离心机(離心機) centrifuge
心血来潮(心血來潮) to be prompted by a sudden impulse; carried away by a whim; to have a brainstorm
铭心刻骨(銘心刻骨) engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones; to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
强心针(強心針) heart-strengthening shot; a shot in the arm
镇心(鎮心) to settle the mind
鬼由心生 devils are born in the heart; fears originate in the mind
没心眼(沒心眼) outspoken; artless; tactless
忠心耿耿(赤膽忠心) faithful and true
寒心 disillusioned; bitterly disappointed; terrified
心性 one's nature; temperament
灯心草(燈心草) common rush; soft rush
心焦 worried; anxious
痛心切齿(痛心切齒) to gnash the teeth in anger
随心所欲(隨心所欲) to follow one's heart's desires; to indulge
好心肠(好心腸) good intentions
神女有心，襄王无梦(神女有心，襄王無夢) the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream; (said of a woman's unrequited love)
心之所之 whereever the heart is inclined to go
不到黄河心不死(不到黃河心不死) not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River; to persevere until one reaches one's goal; to keep going while some hope is left
专心致志(專心致志) with single-minded devotion
离心力(離心力) centrifugal force
良工心苦 expert craft from hard practice; hard-won skill; A masterpiece demands suffering.
切齿拊心(切齒拊心) to gnash the teeth in anger
好心倒做了驴肝肺(好心倒做了驢肝肺) to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs
心根 the innermost depths of one's heart
心寒 bitterly disappointed; frightened
饱食终日，无所用心(飽食終日，無所用心) to eat three square meals a day and do no work; to be sated with food and remain idle
挖空心思 to dig for thoughts; to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains
有心人 resolute person; person with aspirations; people who feel; people who use their heads
心理统计学(心理統計學) psychometrics; quantitative psychology

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《心部》 Xīn Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 274
《公孫丑章句上》 Commentary on Gong Sun Chou I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 76
昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 59
《告子章句上》 Commentary on Gaozi I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 55
卷五十四志第七天文七 Volume 54 Treatises 7: Astronomy 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 54
卷五十三志第六天文六 Volume 53 Treatises 6: Astronomy 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 51
卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 47
《梁惠王章句上》 Commentary on Liang Hui Wang I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 40
卷四十八　志第一:　　天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 38
卷三百九十三列傳第一百五十二彭龜年黃裳羅點黃度周南林大中陳騤黃黼詹體仁 Volume 393 Biographies 152: Peng Guinian, Huang Chang, Luo Dian, Huang Du, Zhou Nan, Lin Dazhong, Chen Kui, Huang Fu, Zhan Tiren History of Song 宋史 — count: 38

Collocations

王心 (王心) 王心則寧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧黍苗 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Shu Miao — count: 8
腹心 (腹心) 公侯腹心 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧兔罝 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Tu Ju — count: 7
心伤悲 (心傷悲) 我心傷悲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧草蟲 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Cao Chong — count: 6
心忧伤 (心憂傷) 我心憂傷 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧檜‧羔裘 Lessons from the states - Odes of Gui - Gao Qiu — count: 4
争心 (爭心) 懼民之有爭心也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
二心 (二心) 納我而無二心者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
棘心 (棘心) 吹彼棘心 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶风‧凱風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Kai Feng — count: 4
心忧 (心憂) 謂我心憂 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧黍離 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Shu Li — count: 4
心写 (心寫) 我心寫兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧蓼蕭 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Liao Xiao — count: 4
秉心 (秉心) 君子秉心 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小弁 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Bian — count: 3