Meaning
feeling; emotion; passion; situation
Chinese: 感情、情况。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qing” becomes a different word in each tone. 情 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business
- 爱情ài qíngromance; love (romantic)
- 心情xīn qíngmood; frame of mind
- 热情rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate
- 情况qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation
Example Sentence
他的心情今天很好。Tā de xīn qíng jīn tiān hěn hǎo.His mood is very good today.
他Tāhe的deof心情xīn qíngmood今天jīn tiāntoday很hěnvery好hǎogood。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The heart radical 忄 (meaning) plus 青 (qīng, sound): what stirs in the heart — ‘feeling / emotion / circumstances’.
A way to remember it
Heart (忄) + the sound 青 — feeling.
Easy to confuse with
- 晴‘Sunny’: the same 青 sound, but with the sun radical 日.