负心

負心

fùxīn

adjective #36,040

Meanings

1 unfaithful (in love)
2 heartless, ungrateful
3 to betray one's lover

Characters

to betray, fail

Examples

他是个负心人,抛弃了她。

Tā shì gè fùxīn rén, pāoqì le tā.

He's a faithless man — he abandoned her.

你怎么这么负心?

Nǐ zěnme zhème fùxīn?

How can you be so heartless?

Tips

culture

负 ('to betray, owe') + 心 ('heart'). Most often appears as 负心人 (fùxīnrén, 'unfaithful lover') — a stock phrase from classical poetry and Chinese pop ballads about being abandoned by a romantic partner.

Stroke Order

负 fù

心 xīn