潛心

Chinese

		hidden; latent; secret hidden; latent; secret; to hide; to conceal; to submerge	heart; mind
trad. (潛心)		潛	心
simp. (潜心)		潜	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánxīn, qiǎnxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣ, ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim⁴ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiâm-sim / chhiàm-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánsin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hsin¹
    • Yale: chyán-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshin
    • Palladius: цяньсинь (cjanʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎnxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎnsin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³-hsin¹
    • Yale: chyǎn-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheanshin
    • Palladius: цяньсинь (cjanʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: chìhm sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâm-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tsiâm-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamsym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàm-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tshiàm-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiarmsym
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiam²¹⁻⁴¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiam¹¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/

Verb

潛心

1. to concentrate hard on; to devote oneself to; to be single-minded; to do something with great concentration

Synonyms

• 上心 (shàngxīn)
• 專心／专心 (zhuānxīn)
• 專注 (zhuānzhù)
• 敬 (jìng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 沉潛／沉潜 (chénqián)
• 用心 (yòngxīn)
• 走心 (zǒuxīn)