心
事

A load on one's mind in Chinese: 心事 (xīn shì)

xīn shì

a load on one's mind

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1a load on one's mind
  2. 2worry

Stroke order

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心
事

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄣ

xīn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 你好像有心事,能跟我说说吗?

    nǐ hǎo xiàng yǒu xīn shì, néng gēn wǒ shuō shuō ma?

    You seem to have something on your mind; can you tell me about it?

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Related words

事

shì

matter

心

xīn

heart

事情

shì qing

affair

担心

dān xīn

anxious

放心

fàng xīn

to feel relieved

故事

gù shì

old practice

关心

guān xīn

to be concerned about

同事

tóng shì

colleague

小心

xiǎo xīn

to be careful

粗心

cū xīn

careless

耐心

nài xīn

to be patient

伤心

shāng xīn

to grieve

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