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粗心

cūxīn

careless

HSK 4 · Topic “Skills and capacity”
A distracted person missing a cup
Memory picture

Characters in this word

粗 cū

Strokes
11
Radical
米 — rice, millet, grain
Made of
米 rice, millet, grain 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

心 xīn

Strokes
4
Radical
心 — heart
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 别太粗心。 Bié tài cūxīn. Do not be too careless.
  • 他做题粗心。 Tā zuò tí cūxīn. He is careless with exercises.
  • 粗心会出错。 Cūxīn huì chū cuò. Carelessness can cause mistakes.

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