心 xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
心甘情愿
xīngānqíngyuàn
willingly; gladly and without reluctance
Characters in this word
甘 gān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 甘 — sweet, tasty
- Made of
- 卄 twenty, twentieth 二 two
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
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
Example phrases
- 只有当参与者真正理解目标时，他们才会心甘情愿地承担额外责任。 Zhǐyǒu dāng cānyùzhě zhēnzhèng lǐjiě mùbiāo shí, tāmen cái huì xīngān qíngyuàn de chéngdān éwài zérèn. Only when participants truly understand the goal will they willingly take on extra responsibility.
- 妈妈心甘情愿为家人付出一切。 Māma xīngān qíngyuàn wèi jiārén fùchū yīqiè. Mom gladly gives everything for her family.
- 只要你开个口，我就会心甘情愿地帮忙。 Zhǐyào nǐ kāi ge kǒu, wǒ jiù huì xīngān qíngyuàn de bāngmáng. As soon as you just ask, I will gladly help.
Related words
- 放心 fàngxīn to feel at ease; to not worry
- 关心 guānxīn to care about
- 开心 kāixīn happy
- 小心 xiǎoxīn careful
- 心里 xīnli in one's heart; in one's mind
- 心情 xīnqíng mood
- 心中 xīnzhōng in one's heart
- 信心 xìnxīn confidence
- 中心 zhōngxīn center
- 爱心 àixīn kindness; caring love
- 决心 juéxīn determination
- 内心 nèixīn inner heart; inside