Browse "Emotions" Characters

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

唉哟

āi yo

‘Āi yo’ is a common, informal interjection used

唉声叹气

āi shēng tàn qì

‘Āi shēng tàn qì’ literally combines four ch

明哲

míng zhé

‘Míng zhé’ is a classical Chinese compound mea

哲思

zhé sī

‘哲思’ (zhé sī) is a formal, literary noun mea

哲人

zhé rén

‘哲人’ literally combines 哲 (zhé), meaning 'wi

哲理

zhé lǐ

‘哲理’ (zhé lǐ) is a compound noun meaning 'ph

哲学

zhé xué

哲学 (zhé xué) literally means 'the study of wis

哎哟喂

āi yō wèi

'Āi yō wèi' is a highly expressive, exaggerated

哎嗯

āi ōng

‘哎嗯’ (āi ōng) is a two-syllable interjection

哎嘿

āi hēi

"Āi hēi" is a cheerful, informal interjection us

哎呀

āi ya

‘哎呀’ is an interjection used to express mild s

哎哟

āi yō

‘Āi yō’ is an interjection used to express sud

哈哈

hā hā

'Hā hā' is an onomatopoeic interjection that mim

品德

pǐndé

品德 (pǐndé) is a compound noun meaning 'moral c

咬牙

yǎo yá

咬牙 literally means 'to bite one's teeth' and fun

呆立

dāi lì

‘呆立’ is a compound verb meaning to stand motio

呆头呆脑

dāi tóu dāi nǎo

‘呆头呆脑’ is a reduplicative four-character idi

发呆

fā dāi

‘Fā dāi’ literally combines ‘fā’ (to emit,

呆滞

dāi zhì

呆滞 (dāi zhì) is an adjective describing a lack

呆板

dāi bǎn

呆板 (dāi bǎn) is an adjective describing someon

吻痕

wěn hén

‘吻痕’ literally means ‘kiss mark’ — combinin

接吻

jiē wěn

‘接吻’ literally means ‘to receive a kiss’—‘

吻别

wěn bié

"Wěn bié" literally combines 吻 (wěn), meaning

吵嘴

chǎo zuǐ

‘Chǎo zuǐ’ literally combines ‘chǎo’ (to qu

吵嚷

chǎo rǎng

‘吵嚷’ is a compound verb meaning to shout noisi

吵翻

chǎo fān

‘吵翻’ is a vivid, colloquial verb meaning to qu

吵架

chǎo jià

‘吵架’ is a compound verb meaning 'to quarrel' o

含泪

hán lèi

‘含泪’ literally means 'holding back tears' or '

含笑

hán xiào

‘含笑’ literally means ‘to hold a smile’ — th

含蓄

hán xù

含蓄 (hán xù) is an adjective describing communi

吐气

tǔ qì

吐气 literally means 'to expel breath' — 吐 (tǔ)

吐槽

tǔ cáo

‘吐槽’ (tǔ cáo) literally means ‘to spit out

吐露

tǔ lù

吐露 (tǔ lù) is a formal, literary verb meaning

卷入

juǎn rù

'卷入' (juǎn rù) is a verb meaning 'to be drawn

匆遽

cōng jù

匆遽 (cōng jù) is a literary, two-character adje

急匆匆

jí cōng cōng

急匆匆 is an adverb meaning 'in great haste' or 'h

勿忘

wù wàng

勿忘 is a classical, concise imperative phrase mea

劝说

quànshuō

劝说 means 'to persuade' or 'to urge verbally' —

劝告

quàngào

劝告 (quàngào) is a formal noun meaning 'admonit

气势

qì shì

气势 (qì shì) literally combines 气 (qì, 'vital