知心

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (知心)		知	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ti-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihsin
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: jr̄-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyshin
    • Palladius: чжисинь (čžisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ sam¹
    • Yale: jī sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-sim
    • Tâi-lô: ti-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: disym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ sim³³/

Adjective

知心

1. close; intimate; understanding

Synonyms

• 同衾 (tóngqīn) (literary, figuratively)
• 周密 (zhōumì) (literary, of dealings)
• 密切 (mìqiè)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 火熱／火热 (huǒrè)
• 熱和／热和 (rèhuo) (colloquial)
• 熱火／热火 (rèhuǒ) (colloquial)
• 緊密／紧密 (jǐnmì)
• 親切／亲切 (qīnqiè)
• 親善／亲善 (qīnshàn) (of relations between countries)
• 親密／亲密 (qīnmì)
• 親熱／亲热 (qīnrè)
• 親近／亲近 (qīnjìn)
• 貼己／贴己 (tiējǐ)
• 貼身／贴身 (tiēshēn)
• 近 (jìn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 近乎 (jìnhu) (colloquial)
• 過心／过心 (guòxīn) (regional)
• 體己／体己

 

Noun

知心

1. bosom friend; soulmate

Synonyms

• 友好 (yǒuhǎo)
• 同袍 (tóngpáo) (literary)
• 執友／执友 (zhíyǒu) (literary)
• 好友 (hǎoyǒu)
• 相知 (xiāngzhī)
• 知交 (zhījiāo)
• 知友 (zhīyǒu)
• 知己 (zhījǐ)
• 知心朋友 (zhīxīn péngyou)
• 知言 (zhīyán) (literary)
• 知遇 (zhīyù) (literary)
• 知音 (zhīyīn)
• 良朋 (liángpéng) (literary)
• 良知 (liángzhī)
• 高朋 (gāopéng) (literary)
• 齒輪／齿轮 (ci³ nen²) (Sichuanese)

 

Derived terms

• 知心話／知心话 (zhīxīnhuà)