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
情人
qíngrén
lover; sweetheart
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 情人节到了，花店挤满了为情人挑选玫瑰的年轻人。 Qíngrénjié dào le, huādiàn jǐmǎn le wèi qíngrén tiāoxuǎn méiguī de niánqīng rén. Valentine's Day has arrived, and the flower shop is packed with young people choosing roses for their sweethearts.
- 他写信给远方的情人，说今年春天一定回去看她。 Tā xiě xìn gěi yuǎnfāng de qíngrén, shuō jīnnián chūntiān yídìng huíqu kàn tā. He wrote to his sweetheart far away, saying he would definitely return to see her this spring.
- 这对老夫妻相守一生，从情人变成了彼此最亲的人。 Zhè duì lǎo fūqī xiāngshǒu yīshēng, cóng qíngrén biànchéng le bǐcǐ zuì qīn de rén. This elderly couple stayed together their whole lives, growing from sweethearts into each other's closest people.
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