Chinese symbol for “hyperactive”
心猿意马
xīn yuán yì mǎ
Traditional: 心猿意馬
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.); to have ants in one's pants; hyperactive; adventurous and uncontrollable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hyperactive is 心猿意马 (xīn yuán yì mǎ), defined as: lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.); to have ants in one's pants; hyperactive; adventurous and uncontrollable.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 心猿意马.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
| 关心 (關心) | guān xīn | to be concerned about; to care about |
| 核心 | hé xīn | core; nucleus |
| 开心 (開心) | kāi xīn | to feel happy; to rejoice |
| 心里 (心裡) | xīn li | chest; heart; mind |
| 猿人 | yuán rén | apeman |
| 猿猴 | yuán hóu | apes and monkeys |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 马上 (馬上) | mǎ shàng | at once; right away |
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.