Chinese word

心慌

Pronunciation

Pinyinxīn huāng

Meaning

  • adjectiveuneasy

Example

听到消息后，她开始心慌了。tīng dào xiāo xī hòu tā kāi shǐ xīn huāng le

After hearing the news, she began to feel uneasy.

Illustration for 心慌 (uneasy)

More examples

面试前，他感到心慌，说话有些结巴。miàn shì qián tā gǎn dào xīn huāng shuō huà yǒu xiē jiē ba

Before the interview, he felt uneasy and stammered a little.

Core concept

The mind jolts out of calm and feels briefly unsettled.

Common phrases

  • 感到心慌gǎn dào xīn huāng

    feel uneasy

  • 有点儿心慌yóu diǎnr xīn huāng

    feel a little uneasy

  • 一阵心慌yí zhèn xīn huāng

    a bout of uneasiness

Similar words

紧张jǐn zhāng: Feeling nervous and tense because of pressure in a test or performance situation.
慌张huāng zhāng: Acting or looking flustered while rushing because of a sudden event or urgent situation.
惊慌jīng huāng: Becoming suddenly frantic after intense surprise or fear makes calm thinking difficult.
焦虑jiāo lǜ: Remaining troubled by serious worry about what may happen or how things will turn out.

Definition in Chinese

短时间内感到不安或慌张，心里难以平静，常在突发情况或压力下出现。duǎn shí jiān nèi gǎn dào bù ān huò huāng zhāng xīn lǐ nán yǐ píng jìng cháng zài tū fā qíng kuàng huò yā lì xià chū xiàn

Word origin

The compound 心慌 (xīnhuāng, "uneasy") joins 心 (xīn, "heart") and 慌 (huāng, "flurried"), so inner disturbance is pictured as the heart becoming flurried.

Usage tips

  • English speakers often use broad emotional words for both passing alarm and an ongoing mood, while this conversational adjective is especially useful for a change that starts at a particular moment.

Opposites

Related words

  • 心慌意乱xīn huāng yì luànflustered and unsettledidiom

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