灰心

Chinese

		grey; ash	heart; mind
trad. (灰心)		灰	心
simp. #(灰心)		灰	心
anagram		心灰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huīxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ sam¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fôi-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-sim / he-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huīxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hueisin
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: hwēi-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueishin
    • Palladius: хуэйсинь (xuejsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui¹ sam¹
    • Yale: fūi sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fôi-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: foi´ xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: foi¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /foi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hue-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoesym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ sim³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he-sim
    • Tâi-lô: he-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hesym
    • IPA (Taipei): /he⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Verb

灰心

1. to lose heart; to despair; to be discouraged

Synonyms

• 喪氣／丧气
• 嘔興／呕兴 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 慼心／戚心 (“chheh-sim”) (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 掃興／扫兴
• 敗興／败兴 (bàixìng)
• 死空 (Hokkien)
• 死窟 (Hokkien)
• 死蕩蕩／死荡荡 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 氣餒／气馁 (qìněi)
• 洩勁／泄劲 (xièjìn)
• 洩氣／泄气 (xièqì)
• 無望／无望 (wúwàng)
• 絕望／绝望 (juéwàng)

 

Adjective

灰心

1. in despair; discouraged; dejected

Synonyms

• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 冷館／冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 喪氣／丧气
• 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡／寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱／悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 悒鬱寡歡／悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶／愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶／忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮／惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱／忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 憋悶／憋闷
• 懊喪／懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱／抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶／沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉鬱／沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪／沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極／消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶／烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷／神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
• 苦悶／苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 萎靡
• 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén)
• 頹唐／颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪／颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢／颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶／郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱／郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂／郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈／龊嘈 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)