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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

心头

xīntóu

one's heart; one's mind

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

one's heart; one's mind

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 心头 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 心头 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我昨晚一整夜没睡好,因为有许多事情萦绕在我的心头。wǒ zuó wǎn yī zhěng yè méi shuì hǎo, yīn wèi yǒu xǔ duō shì qíng yíng rào zài wǒ de xīn tóu。

I couldn't sleep well last night because there were lots of things on my mind.

她完全没有出外的心情,因为那种突然失去父亲的痛苦,一直在她的心头挥之不去。tā wán quán méi yǒu chū wài de xīn qíng, yīn wèi nà zhǒng tū rán shī qù fù qīn de tòng kǔ, yì zhí zài tā de xīn tóu huī zhī bù qù。

The shock of her father's death lingered on and she didn't feel like going out at all.

这场雨使她心头蒙上了一层阴云。zhè chǎng yǔ shǐ tā xīn tóu méng shàng le yī céng yīn yún。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 心头.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 心头.

Directly before

  • 的心头2
  • 她心头1

Directly after

  • 心头挥之不去1
  • 心头蒙上1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 心头

What does 心头 mean in Chinese?

心头 (xīntóu) means one's heart; one's mind.

How do you pronounce 心头?

心头 is pronounced xīntóu.

Is 心头 an HSK word?

心头 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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