甘心

gānxīn

adjective HSK 7-9 #15,931

Meanings

1 willing
2 content with
3 resigned to

Characters

sweet; willingly

Examples

他不甘心就这样失败。

Tā bùgān xīn jiù zhèyàng shībài.

He's not willing to just fail like this.

你甘心一辈子做这种工作吗？

Nǐ gānxīn yībèizi zuò zhèzhǒng gōngzuò ma?

Are you content to do this kind of work your whole life?

Tips

usage

甘心 is most commonly used in the negative form 不甘心, meaning 'unwilling to accept' or 'not resigned to.' The positive form implies willingly accepting something, often a sacrifice.

Stroke Order

甘 gān

心 xīn