Chinese symbol for “nausea”
恶心
ě xīn
Traditional: 惡心
nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nausea is 恶心 (ě xīn), defined as: nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恶心.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邪恶 (邪惡) | xié è | sinister; vicious |
| 恶化 (惡化) | è huà | to worsen |
| 恶劣 (惡劣) | è liè | vile; nasty |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nausea”.
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.