好奇心

Chinese

		curious; inquisitive	heart; mind
trad. (好奇心)		好奇	心
simp. #(好奇心)		好奇	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàoqíxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ kei⁴ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòⁿ-kî-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàoqíxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàocísin
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-chʻi²-hsin¹
    • Yale: hàu-chí-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawchyishin
    • Palladius: хаоцисинь (xaocisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou³ kei⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: hou kèih sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ kei⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou³ kéi⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ kʰei̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòⁿ-kî-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hònn-kî-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvorkisym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ ki²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ ki¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ̃¹¹⁻⁵³ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁴¹ ki²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Noun

好奇心

1. curiosity

Japanese

Kanji in this term
好	奇	心
こう Grade: 4	き Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 好奇 (kōki, “inquisitiveness”) + 心 (shin, “heart”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーき​しん [kòókíꜜshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkʲiɕĩɴ]

Noun

好(こう)奇(き)心(しん) • (kōkishin) 

1. curiosity
2. neophilia

Derived terms

• 好奇心旺盛(こうきしんおうせい) (kōkishin ōsei): brimming with curiosity; neophilic

Idioms

• 好奇心猫(こうきしんねこ)を殺(ころ)す (kōkishin neko o korosu): curiosity killed the cat
• 好奇心(こうきしん)は猫(ねこ)をも殺(ころ)す (kōkishin wa neko o mo korosu): curiosity killed the cat

Korean

Hanja in this term
好	奇	心

Noun

好奇心 • (hogisim) (hangeul 호기심)

1. Hanja form^? of 호기심 (“curiosity”).