二心

Chinese

		two	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (二心)		二	心
alternative forms		貳心／贰心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrsin
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-hsin¹
    • Yale: èr-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshin
    • Palladius: эрсинь (ersinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ sam¹
    • Yale: yih sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɐm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 二心 異心／异心

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 二心

1. (literary) second thoughts; a change of heart; disloyalty; duplicity
2. (literary) half-heartedness
3. (literary) wavering; indecision; hesitancy

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (二心):

• → Japanese: 二(に)心(しん) (nishin)
• → Korean: 이심(二心) (isim)

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 弐心

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
二	心
ふた Grade: 1	こころ > ごころ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

二(ふた)心(ごころ) • (futagokoro) 

1. duplicity, being two-faced or double-dealing

   二心(ふたごころ)のない人(ひと)

   futagokoro no nai hito

   a sincere person

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
二	心
に Grade: 1	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

二(に)心(しん) • (nishin) 

1. Same as above.