恨 (hèn): to hate
恨 (hèn) is a Chinese character meaning “to hate.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 艮 (phonetic). It ranks #1287 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 恨 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- to hate
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仇恨 | chóu hèn | to hate |
| 憎恨 | zēng hèn | to detest |
| 怨恨 | yuàn hèn | to resent |
| 痛恨 | tòng hèn | to detest |
| 恨不得 | hèn bu de | wishing one could do sth |
| 悔恨 | huǐ hèn | remorse |
| 怀恨 | huái hèn | to feel hatred |
| 可恨 | kě hèn | hateful |
| 恨之入骨 | hèn zhī rù gǔ | to hate sb to the bone (idiom) |
| 愤恨 | fèn hèn | to hate |
| 记恨 | jì hèn | to bear grudges |
| 嫉恨 | jí hèn | to hate out of jealousy |
| 遗恨 | yí hèn | eternal regret |
| 忌恨 | jì hèn | hate (due to envy etc) |
| 相见恨晚 | xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn | to regret not having met earlier (idiom) |
恨 appears in 58 compound words: 22 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 恨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
Showing 9 of 10 idioms containing 恨.
Example Sentences
不要因为一次失败就恨自己,要学会从错误中吸取教训。
Búyào yīnwèi yí cì shībài jiù hèn zìjǐ, yào xuéhuì cóng cuòwù zhōng xīqǔ jiàoxun.
Don't hate yourself because of one failure; learn to learn from mistakes.
...敦犹太社区救护车遭纵火 警方定性为反犹仇恨犯罪
. . . dūn yóu tài shè qū jiù hù chē zāo zòng huǒ jǐng fāng dìng xìng wéi fǎn yóu qiú hèn fàn zuì
...An ambulance belonging to the Jewish community in Dun was set on fire; police have classified the incident as a hate crime against Jews
...遇死劫 师生哀悼:她毕业留台...竟成遗恨
. . . yù sǐ jié shī shēng āi dào : tā bì yè liú tái . . . jìng chéng yí hèn
... Teachers and students mourned: she graduated and stayed in Taiwan... It turned out to be a regret
影/籲228仇恨能放下和解 鄭麗文:國民黨一定守護民主憲...
yǐng 籲 qiú hèn néng fàng xià hé jiě 鄭 麗 wén 國 mín 黨 yī dìng shǒu 護 mín zhǔ 憲 . . .
Shadow/Call for 228 hatred can be put aside and reconciled Zheng Liwen: The Kuomintang must protect the democratic constitution...
...年嘉义纪念碑追思 张博雅:建碑为怀念非怀恨
. . . nián jiā yì jì niàn bēi zhuī sī zhāng bó yǎ jiàn bēi wéi huái niàn fēi huái hèn
... In memory of the Chiayi Monument Zhang Boya: The monument was erected as a remembrance rather than a grudge
...認「德意志」換掉柯建銘 蔡其昌:賴總統若恨之入骨連總召都不需談
. . . 認 dé yì zhì 換 diào 柯 jiàn 銘 蔡 qí chāng 賴 總 統 ruò hèn zhī rù gǔ 連 總 zhào dōu bù xū 談
... Recognize "Germany" and replace Ke Jianming Cai Qichang: If President Lai hates it to the bone, he doesn't even need to talk about the general summons
仇恨言论会煽动私刑。
Chóuhèn yánlùn huì shāndòng sī xíng.
Hate speech incites lynchings.
简而言之,你恨我,是吧?
Jiǎn'éryánzhī, nǐ hèn wǒ, shì ba?
In a word, you hate me, don't you?
我痛恨恐怖主义组织。
Wǒ tònghèn kǒngbùzhǔyì zǔzhī.
I hate terrorist organizations.
这并不是因为我恨他,相反我爱他。
Zhè bìngbù shì yīnwèi wǒ hèn tā, xiāngfǎn wǒ ài tā.
It is not because I hate him, but because I love him.
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