Word information
Simplified恶心
Traditional噁心/惡心
Pinyiněxin
Part of speech形、动
HSK 3.06
HSK 2.06
Chinese word dictionary
恶心
ěxin · nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately); variant of 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
Character breakdown
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