心慌

• 拼音: xīn huāng
• 汉字拆解: 心 = heart (pictograph); 慌 = 忄(heart radical) + 荒 (desolate/wild — a desolate heart, panicked)

含义

To feel flustered, anxious, or panicky; a sense of agitation or unease in the heart.

Describes a state of inner agitation or anxiety, often in response to an unexpected situation or a stressful event. Can also refer to palpitations in a medical context. Commonly used in colloquial speech to describe nervousness or panic.

例句

1. 考试成绩出来前，她心里一直慌着，根本没办法集中精神做其他事。
2. 听到门外有异常声响，他心慌起来，立刻拨打了急救电话。
3. 演讲前他极度心慌，手心全是汗，声音也开始颤抖。

用法指南

语境: emotions, everyday, medicine, psychology

语气: negative

正确说法

• 突然接到老家来的电话，她顿时心慌起来，生怕是家里出了什么急事。(The moment she received a call from her hometown, her heart began to race with anxiety, fearing something urgent had happened at home.)
• 他最近常常无缘无故感到心慌，医生建议他做一次全面的心脏检查。(He has been feeling palpitations for no apparent reason recently; the doctor recommended a comprehensive cardiac check-up.)

错误说法

• 我很心慌你 — 心慌 is intransitive and does not take a person as an object; say 我因为你的事情很心慌 or use 担心 instead

起源与历史

心 (heart) + 慌 (panic/flustered) — the heart in a state of flustered agitation

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal