WordTaiwan frequency #29,924
赤子之心
ㄔˋ ㄗˇ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ
“pure, innocent, and sincere heart like that of a newborn child”
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赤
ㄔˋ
Red; scarlet; bare; naked; to exterminate; to expose; a surname.
子
ㄗˇ
Son; child; offspring; seed; noun suffix attached to nouns, verbs, adjectives, or classifiers; first of the twelve earthly branches; ancient Chinese compass point for north.
之
ㄓ
Possessive particle, similar to 的; pronoun for him, her, it, them; verb meaning to go; preposition indicating location or relation.
心
ㄒㄧㄣ
The physical heart; the mind or intellect; feelings or emotions; the center or core of something; intention or will.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 孩子ㄏㄞˊ ㄗˇchild; a young person who is not yet an adult; offspring; son or daughter
- 之後ㄓ ㄏㄡˋafter; afterwards; since then; later; from that time on.
- 中心ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣcenter; heart; core; the middle point or most important part of something; a central location or hub
- 之間ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢbetween; among; amid; used after nouns or certain bisyllabic words to indicate a short period of time
- 之前ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand; earlier than a given time.
- 兒子ㄦˊ ㄗˇson; male child of a parent; a boy in relation to his parents
- 擔心ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄣto worry; to be anxious; to feel uneasy about someone or something
- 男子ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇa man; a male; (in some contexts, especially Taiwan) a son
- 心理ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˇpsychology; mental processes; the mind; thoughts and emotions; in Neo-Confucianism, the heart-mind and principle
- 之外ㄓ ㄨㄞˋoutside; beyond; excluding; other than; apart from.
- 心情ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊmood; emotional state; frame of mind; (in Taiwan) interest, enthusiasm, or mood for something
- 開心ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄣhappy; glad; joyful; to have a great time; to make fun of someone; to open one's heart to others; to enlighten the mind