多心

duōxīn

adjective HSK 7-9 #42,140

Meanings

1 oversensitive; suspicious; to overthink

Characters

many; much; more

Literally 'too much heart/mind' — overthinking things and reading too much into situations.

Examples

你别多心，他不是那个意思。

Nǐ bié duōxīn, tā búshì nàge yìsi.

Don't overthink it — that's not what he meant.

是我多心了，对不起。

Shì wǒ duōxīn le, duìbuqǐ.

I was being oversensitive, sorry.

Tips

grammar

多心 is almost always used in the context of telling someone (or yourself) NOT to be suspicious: 别多心, 你多心了, 是我多心了. It's a gentle way of saying 'you're reading too much into this.'

Stroke Order

多 duō

心 xīn