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灰心 huīxīn

灰心 huīxīn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 灰心 huīxīn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huīxīn | hui1 xin1
English translation
to lose heart
to be discouraged

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Traditional form

灰心 huīxīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 灰心 huīxīn

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huī

Type

ideographic

Explanation

After a fire ( Huǒ ) burns down, the left over ash ( huī ) can be touched with the hands ( yòu ).

Positional decomposition

⿸? Huǒ

Number of Strokes

6
xīn

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a heart.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 灰心 huīxīn

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shì 生意 shēngyì shǎng de 败军之帅, bìng 灰心 huīxīn .

Though he has failed a lot in business, he is not dejected.

zhēn 走运 zǒu yùn 伙计 huǒ ji men 不过 bùguò 别太灰心 huīxīn

Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.

灰心 huīxīn Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 灰心 huīxīn and their own compounds.

灰心 huīxīn Compounds

See all 366 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 灰心 huīxīn in their composition.

  • huī
  • xīn
    • gǎn
        • , ,
      • zǎi , sāi , , sāi , , xié , sāi , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , sāi
    • zǒng
      • cōng , zǒng ,
        • , ,
          • , , ,
        • , níng
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • ēn
    • niàn
      • nián , niàn , rěn , niǎn , niè , rěn , niǎn , rěn , shěn , niàn , , , , , , , , , , nián
    • zhì
      • zhì , zhì , zhì , , , ,
    • rěn
      • niǎn , rěn , , , rèn ,
    • bēi
    • yuàn
      • yuān ,
    • huàn
      • huàn , huàn , ,
      • , , ,
    • mēn
    • Huì
      • suì , suì , huì , huì , huì , , , , , , , ,
    • huì
    • yōu
    • chóu
      • ,
    • huì
      • suì
    • è
      • ě , , ,
    • jiá
    • cōng
      • cōng
      • zǒng , zǒng , cōng , , , , , , cōng
      • , , , , ,
    • cōng
      • , cōng , zǒng , cōng , cōng , cōng , zǒng , , , , , , , zǒng , cōng , , ,
    • mèn
      • ruǐ , ruǐ
    • qìng
      • ,
    • xiàn
    • liàn
    • níng
      • ,
    • xiǎng , zěn , nín , yuàn , wàng , ě , kǒng , liàn , tài , , , , zhōng , huò , chéng , wèi , shù , , xuán , xīn , kěn , biē , bèi , yàng , sǒng , yǒng , dài , , , yǐn , tǎn , , 忿 fèn , hān , qìn , mèn , gàng , chéng , xuán , , qiān , yīn , duì , chǐ , kěn , xǐn , qìn , yìng , mín ,
    • tān , nèn , hào , huì , , zhé , , è , què , , , mǐn , , hùn , yìn , píng , chōng , , duì , mào , nǎn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ài
    • , , , , , tài , , , , mǐn , , , sǒng , , , , , , , , bèi , , píng , , , , , , , , yīng , , , , duì , mèn , , , , gàng , , , , , ,
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