心里话 meaning in English

xīnlǐhuà

(to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 心裡話19 strokes

Meaning of 心里话

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

心里话 in example sentences

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

我wǒ跟gēn她tā说shuō了le心xīn里lǐ话huà。
I bared my soul to her.
我wǒ把bǎ心xīn里lǐ话huà说shuō出chū来lái了le。
I spoke from the heart.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

心 xīn · heart · 4 strokes

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里 lǐ · lining · 7 strokes

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话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 心里话.

这里zhèlǐhere
那里nàlǐthere; that place
哪里nǎlǐwhere?; somewhere
电话diànhuàtelephone; phone call
说话shuōhuàto speak; to say
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
家里jiā lihome
里边lǐbianinside
的话dehuàif (coming after a conditional clause)
小心xiǎoxīnto be careful; to take care
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
关心guānxīnto be concerned about; to care about

Questions about 心里话

What does 心里话 mean?

心里话 (xīnlǐhuà) means "(to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 心里话?

心里话 is made of 3 characters: 心 (4 strokes), 里 (7 strokes), 话 (8 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 心里话 an HSK word?

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

How is 心里话 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 心里话 is written 心裡話.