Meaning of 恶心
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- variant of 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
- nausea
- to feel sick
- disgust
- nauseating
- to embarrass (deliberately)
- bad habit
- vicious habit
- vice
How to use 恶心
恶心 can describe physical nausea or something gross, and in casual speech it can also mean to deliberately embarrass or annoy someone. Example: 我坐车有点恶心。(Wǒ zuò chē yǒudiǎn ěxin.) I feel a bit carsick.
恶心 is made of 恶 (bad) and 心 (heart). When your heart and stomach feel bad, you feel sick, and when something is bad to your heart, it disgusts you.
Common mistake: Learners often read 恶 here as è, its tone in 恶劣 (èliè). In 恶心 meaning nausea or disgust it is ě, and 心 is usually said in a light tone: ěxin. The reading èxīn means a bad habit or vice, which is rare.
恶心 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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恶 è · evil · 10 strokes
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心 xīn · heart · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 恶心.
| 小心 | xiǎoxīn | to be careful; to take care |
| 开心 | kāixīn | to feel happy; to rejoice |
| 关心 | guānxīn | to be concerned about; to care about |
| 中心 | zhōngxīn | center; heart; core |
| 放心 | fàngxīn | to feel relieved; to feel reassured |
| 心情 | xīnqíng | mood; frame of mind |
| 心里 | xīnlǐ | chest; heart; mind |
| 心中 | xīnzhōng | central point; in one's thoughts |
| 信心 | xìnxīn | confidence; faith (in sb or sth) |
| 伤心 | shāngxīn | to grieve; to be broken-hearted |
| 内心 | nèixīn | heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter |
| 决心 | juéxīn | determination; resolution |
Questions about 恶心
What does 恶心 mean?
恶心 (ěxin) means "variant of 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]" and is used as a adjective and verb.
How do you write 恶心?
恶心 is made of 2 characters: 恶 (10 strokes), 心 (4 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 恶心 an HSK word?
Yes. 恶心 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 恶心 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 恶心 is written 噁心.
Can 恶心 be used as a verb?
Yes. 恶心人 (ěxin rén) means to disgust or annoy someone, often on purpose. For example, 你别恶心我了 (Nǐ bié ěxin wǒ le) means stop grossing me out, or stop making things awkward for me.
What is the difference between 恶心 and 想吐?
想吐 (xiǎng tù) literally means wanting to throw up and is only physical. 恶心 covers physical nausea too, but it can also express moral or emotional disgust, like finding someone's behavior revolting.