一心二用

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	heart; mind	two	to use
simp. and trad. (一心二用)		一	心	二	用
Literally: “one mind, two uses”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīxīn'èryòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄦˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sam¹ ji⁶ jung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxīn'èryòng [Phonetic: yìxīn'èryòng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄦˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisin-èryòng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsin¹-êrh⁴-yung⁴
    • Yale: yī-syīn-èr-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishinellyonq
    • Palladius: исиньэрюн (isinʹerjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sam¹ ji⁶ jung⁶
    • Yale: yāt sām yih yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sam¹ ji⁶ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ sem¹ yi⁶ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ jiː²² jʊŋ²²/

Idiom

一心二用

1. to divide one's attention; to multitask