心酸 meaning in English

xīnsuān

to feel sad

HSK 7-918 strokes

Meaning of 心酸

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xīnsuān
  1. to feel sad

心酸 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

自zì从cóng得dé到dào他tā爸bà爸bà去qù了le以yǐ来lái,戴dài夫fū就jiù心xīn酸suān。
Ever since his father died, David has been very sad.

Stroke order for each character

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心 xīn · heart · 4 strokes

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酸 suān · sour · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 心酸.

小心xiǎoxīnto be careful; to take care
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
关心guānxīnto be concerned about; to care about
中心zhōngxīncenter; heart; core
放心fàngxīnto feel relieved; to feel reassured
心情xīnqíngmood; frame of mind
心里xīnlǐchest; heart; mind
心中xīnzhōngcentral point; in one's thoughts
信心xìnxīnconfidence; faith (in sb or sth)
伤心shāngxīnto grieve; to be broken-hearted
内心nèixīnheart; innermost being; (math.) incenter
决心juéxīndetermination; resolution

Questions about 心酸

What does 心酸 mean?

心酸 (xīnsuān) means "to feel sad".

How do you write 心酸?

心酸 is made of 2 characters: 心 (4 strokes), 酸 (14 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 心酸 an HSK word?

Yes. 心酸 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.