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人心 (rén xīn) — (noun) popular sentiment, public feeling; (noun) human heart, a person's inner nature or conscience

Definition

人心 means 'popular sentiment' — how a group of people feels or what the public supports (e.g. a policy's reception). Distinct from 心 which is one person's heart.

noun
popular sentimentpublic feelinghuman heart, a person's inner nature or conscience

Examples

  • 人心。
    Zhèng fǔ de xīn zhèng cè hěn dé rén xīn.
    The government's new policy has won popular support.
  • ，。
    Zhè jiàn shì tài ràng rén shī wàng le, rén xīn huáng huáng.
    This matter is too disappointing; everyone is anxious and unsettled.
  • ，人心。
    Tā wéi rén zhèng zhí, rén xīn bú huài.
    He is an upright person with a good heart.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

人rénhuman
心xīnheart

人 (human) and 心 (heart) together mean human feelings or popular sentiment.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 心 comes from a drawing of a heart, now highly stylized.

Open 心 →
Appears in
Society & Public Life

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