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(ě xīn) - disgusting, nauseating, to feel sick in Mandarin

ěxīn

Traditional: 噁心

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Translation

disgusting, nauseating, to feel sick

Word origin

A compound of 恶 (è, here read ě, bad or repulsive) and 心 (xīn, heart or stomach). Something that turns the stomach is nauseating or disgusting.

Origin
compound
Root
恶 (ě, repulsive) + 心 (xīn, heart or stomach)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 恶

Stroke order for 心

Examples

This smell is really disgusting.

I feel a bit sick.

What he did is utterly disgusting.

Travelling by boat makes me nauseous.

Do not deliberately gross people out.

恶心 (ě xīn) means disgusting or nauseating, and also to feel sick. It covers both physical nausea and revulsion.

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This word is part of lesson 26.