小心

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (小心)		小	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosin
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsin¹
    • Yale: syǎu-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushin
    • Palladius: сяосинь (sjaosinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² sam¹
    • Yale: síu sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sim
    • Tâi-lô: sió-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioysym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

Verb

小心

1. (transitive) to be careful of something; to mind

   小心碰頭。／小心碰头。  ―  Xiǎoxīn pèngtóu.  ―  Mind your head.

2. (intransitive) to take care; to be careful

   你自己小心，玩得開心點！ [MSC, trad.]
   你自己小心，玩得开心点！ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zìjǐ xiǎoxīn, wán dé kāixīn diǎn! [Pinyin]

   You take care now, and have a good time!

   你路上小心啊。  ―  Nǐ lùshàng xiǎoxīn a.  ―  Take care on the road.

3. (archaic, intransitive) to worry; to have misgivings
4. (archaic, intransitive) to be small-minded

Synonyms

• (to take care): 當心／当心 (dāngxīn), 留心 (liúxīn)

Antonyms

• (to take care): 粗心 (cūxīn)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 小心

1. careful

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal)
• 仔細／仔细 (zǐxì)
• 嚴／严 (yán)
• 嚴肅／严肃 (yánsù)
• 嚴謹／严谨 (yánjǐn)
• 密切 (mìqiè)
• 審慎／审慎 (shěnshèn) (formal)
• 慎密 (shènmì)
• 慎重 (shènzhòng)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 板正 (bǎnzhèng)
• 正經／正经
• 當心／当心 (dāngxīn)
• 精心 (jīngxīn)
• 精細／精细 (jīngxì)
• 細心／细心 (xìxīn)
• 細膩／细腻 (xìnì) (Min)
• 認真／认真 (rènzhēn)
• 謹嚴／谨严 (jǐnyán)
• 謹慎／谨慎 (jǐnshèn)
• 較真／较真 (jiàozhēn) (colloquial)
• 過細／过细 (guòxì)
• 鞠躬 (jūgōng) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• 粗心 (cūxīn)
• 大意 (dàyì)
• 馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu)
• 疏忽 (shūhu)

Interjection

1. Be careful!; caution

Derived terms

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