心腸

See also: 心肠

Chinese

		heart; mind	intestines
trad. (心腸)		心	腸
simp. (心肠)		心	肠
Literally: “heart and intestines”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīncháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ coeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-chhòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-tn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīncháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sincháng
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chʻang²
    • Yale: syīn-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shincharng
    • Palladius: синьчан (sinʹčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sam¹ coeng⁴
    • Yale: sām chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 心腸／心肠 深長／深长

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-chhòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim´ congˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ cong²
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: sim-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simd'ngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/

Noun

心腸

1. character (mental and ethical traits)
2. heart; intention
3. state of mind; mood

Derived terms

• 兒女心腸／儿女心肠
• 冷心腸／冷心肠
• 好心腸／好心肠
• 木石心腸／木石心肠
• 沒心腸／没心肠
• 熱心腸／热心肠 (rèxīncháng)
• 菩薩心腸／菩萨心肠 (púsàxīncháng)
• 蛇蠍心腸／蛇蝎心肠 (shéxiēxīncháng)
• 軟心腸／软心肠
• 錦繡心腸／锦绣心肠
• 鐵心腸／铁心肠
• 鐵打心腸／铁打心肠
• 鐵石心腸／铁石心肠 (tiěshíxīncháng)
• 黑心腸／黑心肠

 

References

• “Entry #1116”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.