心 xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
心慌
xīnhuāng
flustered; panicky
Characters in this word
慌 huāng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 荒 wasteland, desert
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对突如其来的追问，他明显有些心慌，回答也前后矛盾。 Miànduì tūrúqílái de zhuīwèn, tā míngxiǎn yǒuxiē xīnhuāng, huídá yě qiánhòu máodùn. Faced with the sudden follow-up questions, he was clearly somewhat flustered, and his answers were contradictory.
- 第一次上台发言，他紧张得心慌。 Dì yí cì shàngtái fāyán, tā jǐnzhāng de xīnhuāng. Speaking on stage for the first time, he was so nervous that he panicked.
- 她突然觉得心慌，只好停下来休息。 Tā tūrán juéde xīnhuāng, zhǐhǎo tíngxiàlái xiūxi. She suddenly felt flustered and had to stop and rest.
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