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痛心

痛心 (tòng xīn): Distressed / heartbroken (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

痛心 consists of 2 characters.

pain, ache, sorrow

heart; mind; core

Word Info

Pinyintòng xīn

Meaningdistressed / heartbroken

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxAdjective

Word痛心

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 痛心.

Words with 痛

头痛tóu tòngHSK 4
疼痛téng tòngHSK 5
痛快tòng kuàiHSK 5
痛苦tòng kǔHSK 5
悲痛bēi tòngHSK 7-9
惨痛cǎn tòngHSK 7-9
痛阈tòng yù

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 痛心 in Sentences

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

Adverb + Adjectivewith十分

shí十

fēn分

tòng痛

xīn心

neutral

extremely distressed

Verb + Object

gǎn感

dào到

tòng痛

xīn心

neutral

feel heartache

Idiomwith疾首

tòng痛

xīn心

jí疾

shǒu首

4.

Example Sentences with 痛心

tā他

diū丢

le了

qián钱

bāo包

，

hěn很

tòng

lìng令

rén人

tòng痛

xīn心

formal

heartbreaking

formal

Written

heartbroken and indignant

痛

xīn心

。

He lost his wallet and felt very distressed.

kàn看

dào到

wén文

huà化

yí遗

chǎn产

bèi被

pò破

huài坏

，

zhuān专

jiā家

men们

wú无

bù不

gǎn感

dào到

tòng痛

xīn心

。

Seeing the cultural heritage being destroyed, the experts all felt deeply distressed.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

bú不

wèi为

zì自

jǐ己

de的

cuò错

wù误

jué决

dìng定

gǎn感

dào到

tòng痛

xīn心

ma吗

？

Don't you feel heartbroken about your own wrong decision?

kàn看

dào到

péng朋

yǒu友

shēng生

bìng病

，

wǒ我

gǎn感

dào到

hěn很

tòng痛

xīn心

。

Seeing my friend sick makes me feel heartbroken.

tā他

bìng并

wèi未

yīn因

shī失

bài败

ér而

tòng痛

xīn心

，

fǎn反

ér而

cóng从

zhōng中

jí汲

qǔ取

le了

jiào教

xùn训

。

He was not distressed by the failure; instead, he learned a lesson from it.

suī虽

rán然

jié结

guǒ果

lìng令

rén人

tòng痛

xīn心

，

dàn但

wǒ我

men们

réng仍

xū需

bǎo保

chí持

lěng冷

jìng静

yǔ与

lǐ理

zhì智

。

Although the outcome is heartbreaking, we still need to remain calm and rational.

tīng听

dào到

zhè这

ge个

xiāo消

xī息

，

tā她

tòng痛

xīn心

dì地

liú流

xià下

le了

yǎn眼

lèi泪

。

Upon hearing the news, she shed tears in sorrow.

měi每

cì次

xiǎng想

qǐ起

nà那

chǎng场

shì事

gù故

，

wǒ我

dōu都

gǎn感

dào到

yí一

zhèn阵

tòng痛

xīn心

。

Every time I recall that accident, I feel a pang of distress.