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小心xiǎoxīnto be careful

Theme
Adjectives
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
7
Characters
2

How 小心 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

小 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
心 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 小心

Examples

请小心地走路。

Qǐng xiǎoxīn de zǒulù.

Please walk carefully.

  • 请qǐngto ask
  • 小心xiǎoxīnto be careful
  • 地deadverbial suffix
  • 走zǒuto walk
  • 路lùroad

小心，地上有水。

Xiǎoxīn, de shàng yǒu shuǐ.

Careful, there is water on the floor.

  • 小心xiǎoxīnto be careful
  • 地deadverbial suffix
  • 上shàngup; to go up; previous
  • 有yǒuto have
  • 水shuǐwater

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 小姐
  • 小时xiǎoshíhour
  • 担心dānxīnto worry