Chinese symbol for “heartbreaking”
虐心
nüè xīn
heartbreaking; tear-jerking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for heartbreaking is 虐心 (nüè xīn), defined as: heartbreaking; tear-jerking.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虐心.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虐待 | nüè dài | to mistreat; to maltreat |
| 肆虐 | sì nüè | to wreak havoc; to devastate |
| 暴虐 | bào nüè | brutal; tyrannical |
| 受虐 | shòu nüè | to suffer sexual abuse; masochism |
| 虐杀 (虐殺) | nüè shā | to kill (or assault) sadistically |
| 性虐待 | xìng nüè dài | sexual abuse |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
See also: Japanese symbol for “heartbreaking”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.