丹心

Chinese

		red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (丹心)		丹	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dansin
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: dān-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danshin
    • Palladius: даньсинь (danʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 丹心 擔心／担心 殫心／殚心

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daan¹ sam¹
    • Yale: dāan sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 丹參／丹参 丹心

Noun

丹心

1. loyalty; sincere heart; loyal heart

   • 人生自古誰無死？留取丹心照汗青。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     人生自古谁无死？留取丹心照汗青。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1279, 文天祥 (Wen Tianxiang) 《過零丁洋》

     Rénshēng zìgǔ shéi wú sǐ? Liú qǔ dānxīn zhào hànqīng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 一片丹心

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	心
たん Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

丹(たん)心(しん) • (tanshin) 

1. sincerity, faithfulness