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“heartless” in Chinese

Chinese

Also无情无义 (wú qíng wú yì)

Pronunciation

Pinyinwú qíng

Example

他对别人很无情。tā duì bié rén hěn wú qíng

He is very heartless toward others.

Illustration for 无情 (heartless)

How to say “heartless” in Chinese

“Heartless” in Chinese is 无情 (wú qíng).

A closed heart leaves another person's pain unanswered and allows cold treatment.

Full entry for 无情: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with 无情

老板在会议上对员工的错误表现得很无情。láo bǎn zài huì yì shàng duì yuán gōng de cuò wù biǎo xiàn de hěn wú qíng

At the meeting, the boss acted very heartlessly toward the employees' mistakes.

Tips for using 无情

  • The word carries clear blame, so using it about a person can sound severe even when the intended criticism is only that a response was unsympathetic.

Other Chinese words for “heartless”

他这么做太无情无义了。tā zhè me zuò tài wú qíng wú yì le

What he did was so heartless.

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