情 qíng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 青 blue, green
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
情结
qíngjié
complex; fixation; emotional knot
Characters in this word
结 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他对故乡有一种难以割舍的情结，每年都会回去住上一段时间。 Tā duì gùxiāng yǒu yì zhǒng nányǐ gēshě de qíngjié, měi nián dōu huì huíqù zhù shàng yí duàn shíjiān. He has an emotional attachment to his hometown that is hard to give up, and goes back to stay there for a while every year.
- 她从小喜欢芭蕾，长大后就有了很深的舞蹈情结。 Tā cóngxiǎo xǐhuan bālěi, zhǎngdà hòu jiù yǒu le hěn shēn de wǔdǎo qíngjié. She loved ballet from childhood and grew up with a deep attachment to dance.
- 对很多人来说，太空情结源自童年的一个梦想。 Duì hěn duō rén lái shuō, tàikōng qíngjié yuán zì tóngnián de yí gè mèngxiǎng. For many people, their fascination with space comes from a childhood dream.
Related words
- 爱情 àiqíng love
- 热情 rèqíng warm and friendly
- 事情 shìqing matter; thing
- 心情 xīnqíng mood
- 感情 gǎnqíng feelings; relationship
- 情感 qínggǎn feelings; emotions
- 情况 qíngkuàng situation
- 表情 biǎoqíng facial expression; emoji
- 情景 qíngjǐng situation; scene
- 同情 tóngqíng to sympathize with
- 情节 qíngjié plot
- 情形 qíngxing situation