# 有口无心 (yǒukǒuwúxīn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 有口无心 (yǒukǒuwúxīn) means “sharp-tongued but well-meaning”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: sharp-tongued but well-meaning
- Pinyin: yǒukǒuwúxīn (you3 kou3 wu2 xin1)
- Traditional: 有口無心
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 她只是有口无心，别介意。
  Tā zhǐshì yǒukǒuwúxīn, bié jièyì.
  She is blunt but means no harm; do not mind.

## Characters

- [有](https://hanziro.com/word/you-have/) (yǒu): to have; there is
- [口](https://hanziro.com/word/kou-mouth/) (kǒu): mouth; (measure word) for bites
- [无](https://hanziro.com/word/wu-without/) (wú): (literary) without; no, not
- [心](https://hanziro.com/word/xin-heart/) (xīn): heart; mind

https://hanziro.com/word/you-kou-wu-xin-sharp-tongued-but/

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