Chinese symbol for “mentality”
心理
xīn lǐ
psychology; mentality
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mentality is 心理 (xīn lǐ), defined as: psychology; mentality.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mentality”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心态 (心態) | xīn tài | attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche |
| 脑瓜 (腦瓜) | nǎo guā | skull; brain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 心理.
| 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 |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mentality”.
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.