情结

情結

qíngjié

noun HSK 7-9 #11,516

Meanings

1 complex (psychological)
2 deep emotional attachment

Characters

feeling; emotion

Literally 'emotional knot' — feelings so tangled they form a complex in the psyche.

Examples

他有很深的故乡情结。

Tā yǒu hěn shēn de gùxiāng qíngjié.

He has a deep emotional attachment to his hometown.

很多中国人都有武侠情结。

Hěnduō Zhōngguórén dōu yǒu wǔxiá qíngjié.

Many Chinese people have a martial arts complex.

Tips

usage

情结 is used as a translation for Freudian 'complex' (恋母情结 = Oedipus complex) but in everyday Chinese it simply means a deep emotional attachment or obsession: 英雄情结 (hero complex), 名校情结 (elite school obsession).

Stroke Order

情 qíng

结 jié