(xīn) — pungent; spicy; hot in taste; hardworking; industrious; painful; bitter

Definition

A bound literary morpheme: 辛 refers to a hot/pungent taste (as in 辛辣) or to hardship and suffering (as in 艰辛, 辛苦). It almost never stands alone — pair it with 辣, 苦, or 勤 to form common words.

bound form
pungentspicyhot in tastehardworkingindustriouspainfulbitter

Beispiele

  • xīn Là de shí wù ràng rén liú lèi.
    Spicy food makes people cry.
  • Tā xīn qín gōng zuò le shí nián.
    He worked industriously for ten years.
  • Huí yì qǐ nà duàn xīn suān wǎng shì, tā rěn bú zhù kū le.
    Recalling those bitter memories, he couldn't help crying.

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