私心

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (私心)		私	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-sim / sir-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihsin
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: sz̄-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshin
    • Palladius: сысинь (sysinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ sam¹
    • Yale: sī sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii´ xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-sim
    • Tâi-lô: su-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: susym
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-sim
    • Tâi-lô: sir-sim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ sim³³/

Noun

私心

1. selfish motive; selfishness
2. inner world; inner thoughts

Synonyms

• (selfish motive):

• 個人利益／个人利益 (gèrén lìyì)
• 利己 (lìjǐ)
• 利己主義／利己主义 (lìjǐzhǔyì)
• 自利 (zìlì) (literary)
• 自我主義／自我主义 (zìwǒzhǔyì)

 

• (heart):

• 內心／内心 (nèixīn)
• 寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
• 心上 (xīnshàng)
• 心中 (xīnzhōng)
• 心內／心内 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 心地 (xīndì)
• 心坎 (xīnkǎn)
• 心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
• 心田 (xīntián)
• 心窩／心窝 (xīnwō) (figurative, poetic)
• 心窩子／心窝子 (xīnwōzi) (figurative, poetic)
• 心裡／心里 (xīnlǐ)
• 心頭／心头 (xīntóu)
• 心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
• 意下 (yìxià) (literary)
• 肚子 (figurative)
• 肚裡／肚里 (dùlǐ)
• 肺肝 (fèigān) (literary)
• 胸 (xiōng)
• 胸中 (xiōngzhōng) (literary)
• 胸坎 (xiōngkǎn) (literary)
• 腹 (figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 暗室私心
• 私心藏奸
• 私心話／私心话
• 私心雜念／私心杂念

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
私	心
し Grade: 6	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɕĩɴ]

Noun

私(し)心(しん) • (shishin) 

1. selfish motive; selfishness

Korean

Hanja in this term
私	心

Noun

私心 • (sasim) (hangeul 사심)

1. Hanja form^? of 사심 (“selfish motive; selfishness”).