情 (qíng) — (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; (bou…

Definition

情 is a bound noun (cannot stand alone) that appears as a morpheme in compounds related to emotions (感情, 心情, 热情) and situations/conditions (情况, 事情, 国情). It is a core building block for many abstract nouns in Chinese.

(bound form) feelingsemotionsentiment(bound form) situationcondition

Examples

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Tāmen zhījiān de gǎnqíng hěn shēn.
The feelings between them are very deep.
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Wǒ jīntiān xīnqíng bù hǎo.
I'm in a bad mood today.
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Zhège qíngkuàng hěn fùzá.
This situation is very complicated.

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