Chinese word

核心

Pronunciation

Pinyinhé xīn

Meaning

  • nouncore

Example

这次会议的核心是预算问题。zhè cì huì yì de hé xīn shì yù suàn wèn tí

The core of this meeting is the budget issue.

Illustration for 核心 (core)

More examples

要做好决策，首先要抓住核心。yào zuò hǎo jué cè shǒu xiān yào zhuā zhù hé xīn

To make good decisions, first grasp the core.

Core concept

A central substance or idea around which a larger thing takes shape and whose change can alter the whole.

Common phrases

  • 抓住核心zhuā zhù hé xīn

    grasp the core

  • 核心观点hé xīn guān diǎn

    core viewpoint

  • 维护核心利益wéi hù hé xīn lì yì

    safeguard core interests

Similar words

关键guān jiàn: A crucial factor that strongly affects the outcome of something.
本质běn zhì: The basic nature that shows what something truly is.
中心zhōng xīn: The central part of a place, activity, or group where important activity gathers.
要点yào diǎn: The key idea or fact in a speech, conversation, or piece of writing.

Definition in Chinese

表示事物或问题中最关键、决定性的一部分，通常指影响整体性质或结果的核心要素。biǎo shì shì wù huò wèn tí zhōng zuì guān jiàn jué dìng xìng de yí bù fèn tōng cháng zhǐ yíng xiǎng zhéng tǐ xìng zhì huò jié guǒ de hé xīn yào sù

Word origin

核心 (héxīn, "core") is formed from 核 (hé, "pit or nucleus") + 心 (xīn, "heart"), extending a physical inner center to the decisive center of an issue.

Usage tips

  • The noun also describes people and groups in everyday speech, as in a central team member or the main group behind a project, which broadens its use beyond objects and ideas.

Other meanings

  • key pointnoun
  • focusnoun
  • essencenoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 核心利益hé xīn lì yìcore interestsnoun
  • 核心观点hé xīn guān diǎncore viewpointnoun

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