xīn

(of taste) hot or pungent

surname Xin; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octa

a picture of 辛 → a branding iron, pain and hardship

The original form depicted a hot iron used to mark prisoners, carrying the visceral sense of burning pain. From that, the character extended to anything harsh — pungent flavor, grueling labor, suffering.

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这道菜的味道很辣,我吃得满头大汗。

zhè dào cài de wèi dào hěn xīn là ,wǒ chī de mǎn tóu dà hàn 。

This dish tastes very hot and pungent; I ate until I was sweating all over.

她不喜欢辣的食物,每次点菜都要求少放辣椒。

tā bù xǐ huān xīn là de shí wù ,měi cì diǎn cài dōu yāo qiú shǎo fàng là jiāo 。

She does not like spicy food, and every time she orders she asks for less chili pepper.

Words with 辛

酸辛

suān xīn

misery

阿诺·施瓦辛格

ā nuò · shī wǎ xīn gé

also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 de2 · Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2]

阿诺德·施瓦辛格

ā nuò dé · shī wǎ xīn gé

Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011

高辛氏

gāo xīn shì

one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳|喾[Ku4]

不辞辛苦

bù cí xīn kǔ

to make nothing of hardships

五辛

wǔ xīn

see 五葷|五荤[wu3 hun1]

五辛素

wǔ xīn sù

(adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)

备尝辛苦

bèi cháng xīn kǔ

(idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships

利辛

lì xīn

see 利辛縣|利辛县[Li4 xin1 Xian4]

利辛县

lì xīn xiàn

Lixin, a county in Bozhou City 亳州市[Bo2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui

千辛万苦

qiān xīn wàn kǔ

to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations

史瓦辛格

shǐ wǎ xīn gé

Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor and politician

More characters with 立