操心 (cāoxīn) · to worry about

操心 (cāoxīn) means “to worry about; to take pains”. It is written with 2 characters: 操 (to conduct) + 心 (heart). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).

How 操心 is built

What 操 is made of

扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
喿zào — the sound of birds chirping
- 品pǐn — article
  - 口kǒu — mouth
  - 口kǒu — mouth
  - 口kǒu — mouth
- 木mù — tree
  - 十 — ten
  - 八bā — eight

Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 喿 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

What 心 is made of

心 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 4 strokes.

Origin hint: A heart (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

妈妈总是为我操心。Māma zǒngshì wèi wǒ cāoxīn.Mom always worries about me.

这件事你就别操心了。Zhè jiàn shì nǐ jiù bié cāoxīn le.Don't worry about this matter.

What does 操心 mean?

操心 (cāoxīn) means “to worry about; to take pains”.

How do you pronounce 操心?

操心 is pronounced cāoxīn.

Which HSK level is 操心?

操心 is in Old HSK 5.

Learn 操心 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 9: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.