心口

Chinese

		heart; mind	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (心口)		心	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ hau²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: syīn-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkoou
    • Palladius: синькоу (sinʹkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinkǒur
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kʻou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syīn-kǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkooul
    • Palladius: синькоур (sinʹkour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ hau²
    • Yale: sām háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: sim-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simqao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

心口

1. centre of chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus
2. (colloquial) chest

   心口翳住翳住 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   sam¹ hau² ai³ zyu⁶ ai³ zyu⁶ [Jyutping]

   to have chest tightness

   • 過了燈節後，就叫心口疼痛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     过了灯节后，就叫心口疼痛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Guò le dēngjié hòu, jiù jiào xīnkǒu téngtòng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (literally) heart and mouth
4. (figuratively) words and thoughts

Synonyms

• (chest): 胸 (xiōng), 懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào), 胸部 (xiōngbù), 胸膛 (xiōngtáng), (literary) 胸坎 (xiōngkǎn), (Leizhou Min) 乳符

Derived terms

• 心口不一 (xīnkǒubùyī)
• 心口兩樣／心口两样
• 心口合一
• 心口如一 (xīnkǒurúyī)
• 心口碎大石
• 恰到上心口 (Cantonese)
• 懵到上心口 (mung² dou³ soeng⁵ sam¹ hau²) (Cantonese)
• 拍心口 (paak³ sam¹ hau²) (Cantonese)
• 飽到上心口／饱到上心口 (baau² dou³ soeng⁵ sam¹ hau²) (Cantonese)