小心

小心 xiǎoxīn in a sentence

Careful (cautious)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 5 sentences

小心 (xiǎoxīn) means Careful (cautious). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

小心 ,地上有水。

Xiǎoxīn, dì shàng yǒu shuǐ.

Careful, there's water on the floor.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 小心

路上车多, 小心 一点儿。

Lù shàng chē duō, xiǎoxīn yìdiǎnr.

There's a lot of traffic — be careful.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 小心

小心 桌子的角。

Xiǎoxīn zhuōzi de jiǎo.

Careful of the corner of the table.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

你放心,我会 小心 的。

Nǐ fàngxīn, wǒ huì xiǎoxīn de.

Don't worry, I'll be careful.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 放心

From the travel phrasebook

路上 小心

Lùshang xiǎoxīn.

Take care on the way.

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Questions about 小心

How is 小心 used in a sentence?

This page shows 5 sentences using 小心 (xiǎoxīn, "Careful (cautious)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 小心 an HSK word?

Yes — 小心 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 小心?

The dictionary page for 小心 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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