惠 (huì): (bound form) act of kindness (from a superior), (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾)
惠 (huì) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior).” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 心 (semantic). It ranks #1514 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 惠 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- (bound form) act of kindness (from a superior)
- (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾)
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticheart
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 惠
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 优惠券 | yōu huì quàn | coupon |
| 恩惠 | ēn huì | favor |
| 惠顾 | huì gù | your patronage |
| 互惠 | hù huì | mutual benefit |
| 惠灵顿 | huì líng dùn | Wellington, capital of New Zealand |
| 惠特曼 | huì tè màn | Whitman (surname) |
| 贤惠 | xián huì | variant of 賢慧|贤慧[xian2 hui4] |
| 惠子 | huì zi | Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施[Hui4 Shi1] (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家[... |
| 受惠 | shòu huì | to benefit |
| 惠及 | huì jí | (literary) to be of benefit to |
| 惠斯勒 | huì sī lè | Whistler (name) |
| 惠特妮·休斯顿 | huì tè nī · xiū sī dùn | Whitney Houston (1963-2012), American singer and actress |
| 惠普 | huì pǔ | Hewlett-Packard |
| 沃尔特·惠特曼 | wò ěr tè · huì tè màn | Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet, essayist and journalist |
| 惠来 | huì lái | see 惠來縣|惠来县[Hui4 lai2 Xian4] |
惠 appears in 71 compound words: 56 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 23 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 惠 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
虽然失败了，但他惠不气馁，继续努力。
suī rán shī bài le , dàn tā huì bù qì něi , jì xù nǔ lì .
Though he failed, he did not lose heart and continued to persevere.
...月,Apple Music 新订阅用户优惠倒计时 10 天
. . . yuè , A p p l e M u s i c xīn dìng yuè yòng hù yōu huì dǎo jì shí 1 0 tiān
... month, the Apple Music new subscriber offer counts down to 10 days
惠理:金价跌返4900水平可吸
huì lǐ : jīn jià diē fǎn 4 9 0 0 shuǐ píng kě xī
Value Partners: The price of gold can be absorbed when it falls back to the 4900 level
麦当劳全新人气着数套餐优惠!脆辣鸡腿饱餐减$10 麦乐鸡/麦炸鸡/...
mài dāng láo quán xīn rén qì zhe shǔ tào cān yōu huì ! cuì là jī tuǐ bǎo cān jiǎn 1 0 mài lè jī mài zhà jī . . .
McDonald's new popular set meal discount! Crispy and spicy chicken thighs $10 off McNugget/McFried Chicken/...
9人吃2万 杨绣惠揭冲绳餐厅规定:被当盘子
9 rén chī 2 wàn yáng xiù huì jiē chōng shéng cān tīng guī dìng : bèi dāng pán zǐ
9 people eat 20,000 Yang Xiuhui revealed the rules of the Okinawan restaurant: being used as a plate
...》工藤改造的吕彦青首秀“期待以下” 平野惠一解释原因
. . . gōng téng gǎi zào de lǚ 彦 qīng shǒu xiù qī dài yǐ xià píng yě huì yī jiě shì yuán yīn
Kudo's transformation of Lu Yanqing's debut "Looking forward to the following" Keiichi Hirano explained the reason
惠子巧妙地把碗碟迭起再拿到水槽。
Huì zǐ qiǎomiàodi bǎ wǎn dié diéqǐ zài ná dào shuǐcáo.
Keiko deftly piles up the dishes and takes them to the sink.
惠子，你有奶油吐司吗？
Huìzi, nǐ yǒu nǎiyóu tǔsī ma?
Keiko, do you have any buttered toast?
可以给我优惠券吗？
Kěyǐ gěi wǒ yōuhuìquàn ma?
May I have coupon tickets?
"那个女孩是谁？" "那是惠子。"
"nàge nǚhái shì shéi?" "nàshi Huìzi."
"Who is that girl?" "That's Keiko."
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