Browse "Emotions" Characters

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

忘恩

wàng ēn

忘恩 (wàng ēn) literally means 'to forget kindne

忘却

wàng què

忘却 (wàng què) is a formal, literary verb meani

难忘

nán wàng

‘难忘’ (nán wàng) is an adjective meaning 'unf

忘记

wàng jì

忘记 (wàng jì) is a compound verb meaning 'to fo

必胜

bì shèng

‘必胜’ literally means ‘certain victory’ — co

必定

bì dìng

必定 is an adverb meaning 'certainly' or 'surely',

必然

bì rán

"Bìrán" means 'inevitable' or 'bound to happen'

紧张

jǐn zhāng

紧张 (jǐn zhāng) is an adjective meaning 'nervou

夸张

kuā zhāng

‘夸张’ (kuā zhāng) literally combines ‘夸’ (

推己及人

tuī jǐ jí rén

‘推己及人’ is a classical Chinese idiom meaning

严于律己

yán yú lǜ jǐ

‘严于律己’ literally means ‘strict in regulatin

舍己

shě jǐ

‘舍己’ literally means ‘to give up oneself’ —

克己

kè jǐ

克己 (kè jǐ) literally means 'to overcome onesel

居高临下

jū gāo lín xià

‘居高临下’ literally means ‘to dwell high and o

居心

jū xīn

'Jū xīn' literally combines 'jū' (to dwell, res

居然

jū rán

居然 is an adverb meaning 'unexpectedly' or 'surpr

从容

cóng róng

从容 (cóng róng) is an adverb meaning 'calmly' o

容忍

róng rěn

容忍 means 'to tolerate' or 'to put up with' somet

害怕

hàipà

害怕 (hàipà) is a verb meaning 'to be afraid' or

安心

ān xīn

安心 (ān xīn) literally combines 安 (ān), meani

出奇

chū qí

出奇 (chū qí) is an adverb meaning 'unexpectedly

奇迹

qí jì

‘奇迹’ (qí jì) literally combines ‘奇’ (qí)

奇怪

qí guài

奇怪 (qí guài) is an adjective meaning 'strange'

坏消息

huài xiāo xī

'Bad news' literally combines three characters: 坏

坏人

huài rén

'坏人' (huài rén) literally combines 坏 (huài),

绝境

jué jìng

‘绝境’ literally combines 绝 (jué), meaning ‘c

处境

chǔ jìng

‘处境’ literally combines ‘处’ (chǔ), meaning

心境

xīn jìng

‘Xīn jìng’ literally combines ‘xīn’ (heart/

境界

jìng jiè

‘境界’ (jìng jiè) literally combines ‘境’ (j

企图

qǐ tú

‘企图’ (qǐ tú) literally combines ‘企’ (qǐ)

嘴甜

zuǐ tián

嘴甜 literally means 'mouth sweet' — a vivid idio

嘴硬

zuǐ yìng

'嘴硬' (zuǐ yìng) is an idiomatic adjective mean

嘴馋

zuǐ chán

嘴馋 (zuǐ chán) literally means 'mouth greedy'

闭嘴

bì zuǐ

'Bì zuǐ' literally means 'close mouth' — 闭 (b

真美啊

zhēn měi a

'真美啊' is an emotional exclamation used to expre

原来如此啊

yuán lái rú cǐ a

'原来如此啊' is an interjection expressing sudden

太棒了啊

tài bàng le a

'太棒了啊' is an enthusiastic interjection express

对啊

duì a

'Duì a' is an interjection expressing emphatic, e

是啊

shì a

'Shì a' is a conversational interjection used to

好啊

hǎo a

'Hǎo a' is an enthusiastic, warm interjection use