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心甘情愿

心甘情愿 xīngānqíngyuàn

心甘情愿 xīngānqíngyuàn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 心甘情愿 xīngānqíngyuàn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xīngānqíngyuàn | xin1 gan1 qing2 yuan4
English translation
delighted to (do sth, idiom)
perfectly happy to do
most willing to do

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Traditional form

心甘情願

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Etymology of 心甘情愿 xīngānqíngyuàn

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 心甘情愿 xīngānqíngyuàn .

xīn

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a heart.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4

Gān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of something sweet inside the mouth ( kǒu ).

Positional decomposition

卄二

Number of Strokes

5

qíng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Qīng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Qīng

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

忄青

Number of Strokes

11

yuàn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and yuán represents the sound. In simplified Chinese yuàn is also used to mean "hope; wish", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character yuàn .

Phonetic compound

yuán

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

原心

Number of Strokes

14

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