擔心

See also: 担心

Chinese

		to carry on shoulder; to undertake; shoulder pole to carry on shoulder; to undertake; shoulder pole; burden; load; responsibility; picul (133.33 lbs.)	heart; mind
trad. (擔心)		擔	心
simp. (担心)		担	心
alternative forms		耽心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dānxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): данщин (danxin, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam¹ sam¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tâm-sîm
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tam-sim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dam¹ sim¹ / dang¹ sing¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹te-shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dansin
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: dān-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danshin
    • Palladius: даньсинь (danʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 丹心 擔心 / 担心 殫心 / 殚心

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: данщин (danxin, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tæ̃²⁴ ɕiŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam¹ sam¹
    • Yale: dāam sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâm-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: dam^ˊ xim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dam¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tam²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tam-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tam-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: damsym
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tam⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tam³³ sim³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tam⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dam¹ sim¹ / dang¹ sing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tam sim / tang sing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tam³³⁻²³ sim³³/, /taŋ³³⁻²³ siŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹te-shin
    • MiniDict: te^平 shin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹te-xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /te⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

Verb

擔⫽心 (verb-object) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to worry; to feel anxious

   你這麼淘氣，媽媽不擔心才怪！ [MSC, trad.]
   你这么淘气，妈妈不担心才怪！ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zhème táoqì, māma bù dānxīn cáiguài! [Pinyin]

   You are such a naughty kid. It'd be surprising if your mum were not worried.

   我真的擔心他會承受不住的。 [MSC, trad.]
   我真的担心他会承受不住的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zhēn de dānxīn tā huì chéngshòu bù zhù de. [Pinyin]

   I'm really worried that he won't be able to endure (this).

Synonyms

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• 孜煎 (zījiān) (literary)
• 干掛 (Puxian Min)
• 怕
• 急 (jí)
• 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
• 恐怕 (kǒngpà)
• 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 愁 (chóu)
• 憂心 / 忧心 (yōuxīn)
• 憂思 / 忧思 (yōusī)
• 憂慮 / 忧虑 (yōulǜ)
• 懸心 / 悬心 (xuánxīn)
• 掛心 / 挂心 (guàxīn)
• 掛礙 / 挂碍 (guà'ài)
• 提心 (tíxīn)
• 揪心 (jiūxīn)
• 擔憂 / 担忧 (dānyōu)
• 燒心 / 烧心 (shāoxīn) (regional or dated)
• 犯愁 (fànchóu)
• 疑慮 / 疑虑 (yílǜ)
• 發急 / 发急 (fājí)
• 發愁 / 发愁 (fāchóu)
• 發極 / 发极 (⁷faq ⁸jiq) (Wu)
• 著急 / 着急 (zháojí)
• 起急 (qǐjí) (colloquial)
• 顧慮 / 顾虑 (gùlǜ)

Derived terms

• 不要擔心 / 不要担心 (bùyào dānxīn)

Descendants

• → Lingao: dam³ sim³