心無二用

Chinese

		heart; mind	not have	two	to use
trad. (心無二用)		心	無	二	用
simp. (心无二用)		心	无	二	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnwú'èryòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨˊ ㄦˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ mou⁴ ji⁶ jung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnwú'èryòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨˊ ㄦˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinwú-èryòng
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-wu²-êrh⁴-yung⁴
    • Yale: syīn-wú-èr-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinwuellyonq
    • Palladius: синьуэрюн (sinʹuerjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ u³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ mou⁴ ji⁶ jung⁶
    • Yale: sām mòuh yih yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ mou⁴ ji⁶ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ mou⁴ yi⁶ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ jiː²² jʊŋ²²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 心無二用

1. one cannot keep one's mind on two things at the same time; one should concentrate on one's work

Synonyms

• 心不兩用／心不两用