心結

Chinese

		heart; mind	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
trad. (心結)		心	結
simp. (心结)		心	结

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ git³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-kiet / sîm-kiat
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shin-ciq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinjié
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chieh²
    • Yale: syīn-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinjye
    • Palladius: синьцзе (sinʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ git³
    • Yale: sām git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kiːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-kiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim´ gied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim<sup>1</sup> giad<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴ ki̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-kiat
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim´ giad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ giad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴ ki̯at̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shin-ciq
    • MiniDict: shin^平 cih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-jiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɪʔ²¹/

Noun

心結

1. emotional matter that gnaws at one's mind; issue that weighs heavily on one's mind; complex; rancour; preoccupation

Synonyms

• 心事 (xīnshì)
• 心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
• 苦衷 (kǔzhōng)
• 衷曲 (zhōngqū) (literary)
• 隱衷／隐衷 (yǐnzhōng)