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.

自觉

zì jué

'Zìjué' combines 'zì' (self) and 'jué' (to fee

觉得

jué de

‘觉得’ is a common verb meaning ‘to feel’, ‘t

见解

jiàn jiě

‘见解’ (jiàn jiě) is a formal noun meaning ‘i

意见

yì jiàn

‘意见’ (yì jiàn) is a compound noun meaning ‘

悲号

bēiháo

悲号 (bēiháo) is a literary and emotionally inte

哀号

āiháo

‘哀号’ is a compound verb meaning 'to cry out in

号啕

háotáo

‘号啕’ is a reduplicative verb meaning to wail o

号哭

háokū

‘号哭’ is a compound verb meaning 'to wail bitte

脑海

hǎi nǎo

‘脑海’ literally means 'brain sea'—a poetic, me

看起来

kàn qǐ lái

看起来 is a common verb phrase meaning 'it seems'

看法

kàn fǎ

‘看法’ literally combines ‘看’ (to look, to vi

热爱

rè ài

热爱 is a verb meaning 'to love passionately' or '

热心

rè xīn

‘热心’ is an adjective meaning 'enthusiastic' or

漂亮

piào liang

漂亮 (piào liang) is a common adjective meaning '

没关系

méi guān xì

‘没关系’ (méi guān xì) is a common, polite in

狂欢

kuáng huān

‘狂欢’ literally combines ‘狂’ (kuáng), meani

欢庆

huān qìng

欢庆 (huān qìng) is a compound verb meaning 'to

欢送

huān sòng

欢送 (huān sòng) literally combines 欢 (‘joy, d

欢喜

huān xǐ

欢喜 (huān xǐ) is a compound word formed from tw

欢乐

huān lè

欢乐 (huān lè) is a compound noun meaning 'joy'

欢迎

huān yíng

欢迎 (huān yíng) means 'welcome' and functions b

新朋友

xīn péng you

'Xīn péng you' literally means 'new friend' — a

好朋友

hǎo péng you

'好朋友' literally combines 'hǎo' (good), 'péng'

老朋友

lǎo péng you

'Lǎo péng you' literally combines three characte

明白

míng bái

‘明白’ (míng bái) is a verb meaning ‘to under

想不到

xiǎng bù dào

想不到 is an adverbial phrase meaning 'unexpectedl

想想

xiǎng xiang

‘想想’ is a reduplicated verb formed by repeatin

想到

xiǎng dào

想到 (xiǎng dào) is a separable verb meaning 'to

想象

xiǎng xiàng

想象 (xiǎng xiàng) is a verb meaning 'to imagine

想法

xiǎng fǎ

‘想法’ (xiǎng fǎ) literally combines ‘想’ (t

想念

xiǎng niàn

想念 (xiǎng niàn) is a verb meaning 'to miss'—s

怎能

zěn néng

怎能 is an adverbial phrase expressing strong rhet

怎么样

zěn me yàng

怎么样 (zěn me yàng) is a versatile, commonly us

怎么办

zěn me bàn

'Zěn me bàn' is an interrogative phrase literall

怎么了

zěn me le

怎么了 is an interjection used to ask 'What happen

很忙

hěn máng

'很忙' (hěn máng) literally combines 'very' (很)

很高兴

hěn gāo xìng

'Hěn gāo xìng' literally combines 'hěn' (very)

很好

hěn hǎo

很好 (hěn hǎo) literally combines the adverb 很

影响

yǐng xiǎng

The word 影响 (yǐng xiǎng) literally combines 影

万寿无疆

wàn shòu wú jiāng

'Wàn shòu wú jiāng' is a formal, highly honori