胸 (xiōng) means Chest (heart). Below are 7 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
他把手放在 胸 前。
Tā bǎ shǒu fàng zài xiōng qián.
He put his hand to his chest.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胸
跑完步他 胸 口有点闷。
Pǎo wán bù tā xiōngkǒu yǒudiǎn mēn.
After running his chest felt a little tight.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胸
年轻人应该 胸 怀大志。
Niánqīngrén yīnggāi xiōnghuái dàzhì.
Young people should cherish high aspirations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胸怀
他挺起 胸 膛走了进去。
Tā tǐng qǐ xiōngtáng zǒu le jìnqù.
He walked in with his chest out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胸膛
他 胸 怀宽广，从不记恨。
Tā xiōnghuái kuānguǎng, cóng bù jìhèn.
He is broad-minded and never bears a grudge.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胸怀
作者用大海比喻母亲的 胸 怀。
Zuòzhě yòng dàhǎi bǐyù mǔqīn de xiōnghuái.
The author uses the sea as a metaphor for a mother's heart.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 比喻
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Words that contain 胸
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Questions about 胸
How is 胸 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 胸 (xiōng, "Chest (heart)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 胸 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 胸 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 胸 an HSK word?
Yes — 胸 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 胸?
The dictionary page for 胸 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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