心
里
话

(to express one's) true feelings in Chinese: 心里话 (xīn li huà)

xīn li huà

(to express one's) true feelings

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 心裡話1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(to express one's) true feelings
  2. 2what is on one's mind
  3. 3secret mind

Stroke order

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心
里
话

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄣ

xīn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

˙ㄌㄧ

li

˙/ neutral toneㄌ/ lㄧ/ i

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

心里话

Simplified

心裡話

Traditional

Example sentences

See 心里话 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 今天我想跟你说几句心里话。

    jīn tiān wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ shuō jǐ jù xīn li huà。

    Today I want to tell you a few honest words from my heart.

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Related words

里

lǐ

lining

话

huà

dialect

心

xīn

heart

说话

shuō huà

to speak

担心

dān xīn

anxious

放心

fàng xīn

to feel relieved

关心

guān xīn

to be concerned about

小心

xiǎo xīn

to be careful

粗心

cū xīn

careless

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

公里

gōng lǐ

kilometer

耐心

nài xīn

to be patient

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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