好心

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	heart; mind
trad. (好心)		好	心
simp. #(好心)		好	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² sam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-sîm
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hó-sim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho² sim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosin
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hsin¹
    • Yale: hǎu-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshin
    • Palladius: хаосинь (xaosinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² sam¹
    • Yale: hóu sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho` xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hó-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoysym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho² sim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó sim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ sim³³/

Noun

好心

1. goodheartedness; kindness

Synonyms

• 仁心 (rénxīn)
• 善心 (shànxīn)
• 善意 (shànyì)
• 好意 (hǎoyì)
• 美意 (měiyì)

 

Antonyms

• 惡意／恶意 (èyì)

Adjective

好心

1. goodhearted; kind

Synonyms

• 仁和 (rénhé) (literary)
• 仁愛／仁爱 (rén'ài)
• 仁慈 (réncí)
• 友善 (yǒushàn)
• 可親／可亲 (kěqīn)
• 和善 (héshàn)
• 和氣／和气
• 和藹／和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
• 善良 (shànliáng)
• 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惠愛／惠爱 (huì'ài) (literary)
• 慈愛／慈爱 (cí'ài)
• 慈祥 (cíxiáng)
• 祥和 (xiánghé)
• 腍善 (nam⁴ sin⁶) (Cantonese)
• 藹然／蔼然 (ǎirán) (literary)
• 隨和／随和

 

Adverb

好心

1. (Cantonese) for goodness' sake

   你好心食完飯先至打機啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你好心食完饭先至打机啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ hou² sam¹ sik⁶ jyun⁴ faan⁶ sin¹ zi³ daa² gei¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   For goodness' sake, finish eating before you play video games!

   好心用返中文啦！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   hou² sam¹ jung⁶ faan¹ zung¹ man^4-2 laa¹! [Jyutping]

   Please just go back to using Chinese!

Derived terms

• 一片好心 (yīpiànhǎoxīn)
• 好心人 (hǎoxīnrén)
• 好心好意 (hǎoxīnhǎoyì)
• 好心沒好報／好心没好报 (hǎoxīn méi hǎobào)