心口

xīnkǒu
noun #34,317

Meanings

  1. 1 pit of the stomach
  2. 2 solar plexus
  3. 3 one's words and one's true thoughts

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā wǔ zhe xīnkǒu zhí hǎn téng.
He clutched his chest and kept yelling in pain.
HSK 7-9
她这个人心口如一,从不说谎。
Tā zhège rén xīnkǒu-rúyī, cóngbù shuōhuǎng.
She is a person whose words and heart are one - she never lies.

Tips

culture
Two senses: anatomical (the spot just below the sternum - what English calls solar plexus) and figurative ('mouth' as the outer voice of the 'heart'). The set phrase 心口如一 ('mouth and heart are one') praises sincerity; 心口不一 means saying one thing but thinking another.
memory
心 (heart) + 口 (mouth) - the two endpoints of speech. Match them up for sincerity, separate them for hypocrisy.

Stroke Order

心 xīn
口 kǒu