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存心

存心 (cún xīn): Intentionally / Deliberately (Verb, Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

存心 consists of 2 characters.

store; keep; survive

heart; mind; core

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Pinyincún xīn

MeaningIntentionally / Deliberately

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb, Adverb

Word存心

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 存心.

Words with 存

保存bǎo cúnHSK 5
存在cún zàiHSK 5
存放cún fàngHSK 5
存款cún kuǎnHSK 5
储存chǔ cúnHSK 6
存储cún chǔHSK 6
现存xiàn cúnHSK 6
生存shēng cúnHSK 6

Words with 心

关心guān xīnHSK 3
小心xiǎo xīnHSK 3
心里xīn liHSK 3
担心dān xīnHSK 3
放心fàng xīnHSK 3
伤心shāng xīnHSK 4
信心xìn xīnHSK 4
内心

nèi xīn

HSK 4

3.

How to Use 存心 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 存心 with other words naturally.

Adverb + Verb

cún存

xīn心

dǎo捣

luàn乱

neutral

deliberately cause trouble

bìng并

fēi非

cún存

xīn心

formalWritten

Verb + Complementwith已久

cún存

xīn心

yǐ已

jiǔ久

Subject + Predicatewith不良

cún存

xīn心

bù不

liáng良

4.

Example Sentences with 存心

tā他

cún存

xīn心

bāng帮

wǒ我

，

wǒ我

not intentional

formal

Written

long-held intention

formal

harbor ill intentions

hěn很

gǎn感

xiè谢

tā他

。

He intentionally helped me, and I am very grateful to him.

Tā他

cún存

xīn心

chí迟

dào到

，

xiǎng想

yǐn引

qǐ起

dà大

jiā家

de的

zhù注

yì意

。

He was deliberately late, wanting to attract everyone's attention.

tā他

cún存

xīn心

zài在

huì会

yì议

shàng上

tí提

chū出

jiān尖

ruì锐

wèn问

tí题

，

tiǎo挑

zhàn战

duì对

fāng方

de的

quán权

wēi威

。

He deliberately raised sharp questions at the meeting to challenge the other party's authority.

nǐ你

cún存

xīn心

bù不

jiē接

diàn电

huà话

，

shì是

bu不

shì是

zài在

huí回

bì避

wǒ我

de的

zhuī追

wèn问

？

Are you deliberately not answering the phone to avoid my follow-up questions?

tā她

cún存

xīn心

chí迟

dào到

，

xiǎng想

kàn看

kàn看

dà大

jiā家

de的

fǎn反

yìng应

。

She deliberately arrived late to see everyone's reaction.

wǒ我

jué绝

méi没

yǒu有

cún存

xīn心

shāng伤

hài害

nǐ你

de的

gǎn感

qíng情

，

zhè这

wán完

quán全

shì是

gè个

wù误

huì会

。

I absolutely did not intentionally hurt your feelings; it was entirely a misunderstanding.

tā他

cún存

xīn心

bǎ把

wén文

jiàn件

cáng藏

qǐ起

lái来

，

què却

yòu又

jiǎ假

zhuāng装

bāng帮

máng忙

xún寻

zhǎo找

。

He deliberately hid the document but pretended to help look for it.

tā他

cún存

xīn心

yǐn隐

mán瞒

zhēn真

xiàng相

，

dǎo导

zhì致

wèn问

tí题

yuè越

lái来

yuè越

yán严

zhòng重

。

He intentionally concealed the truth, causing the problem to become increasingly serious.

bié别

dān担

xīn心

，

tā她

zhǐ只

shì是

cún存

xīn心

kāi开

gè个

wán玩

xiào笑

，

méi没

yǒu有

è恶

yì意

。

Don't worry, she was just deliberately making a joke, with no ill intent.