三心二意

Chinese

		three	heart; mind	two	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (三心二意)		三	心	二	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānxīn'èryì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄦˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ sam¹ ji⁶ ji³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānxīn'èryì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄦˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sansin-èryì
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-hsin¹-êrh⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: sān-syīn-èr-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshinellyih
    • Palladius: саньсиньэри (sanʹsinʹeri)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ sam¹ ji⁶ ji³
    • Yale: sāam sām yih yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ sam¹ ji⁶ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ sem¹ yi⁶ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ jiː²² jiː³³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 三心二意

1. shilly-shally; half-hearted; without consistency or constancy; likely to change minds easily

Synonyms

• 心神不定
• 心猿意馬／心猿意马 (xīnyuányìmǎ)
• 意馬心猿／意马心猿
• 三心兩意／三心两意 (sānxīnliǎngyì)

Antonyms

• 一心一意 (yīxīnyīyì)