洗心革面
Chinese
to wash; to bathe | heart; mind | leather; remove | face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top | ||
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simp. and trad. (洗心革面) |
洗 | 心 | 革 | 面 | |
anagram | 革面洗心 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sǐsingémiàn
- Wade–Giles: hsi3-hsin1-ko2-mien4
- Yale: syǐ-syīn-gé-myàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishingermiann
- Palladius: сисиньгэмянь (sisinʹgɛmjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai2 sam1 gaak3 min6
- Yale: sái sām gaak mihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai2 sam1 gaak8 min6
- Guangdong Romanization: sei2 sem1 gag3 min6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ kaːk̚³ miːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 洗心革面
- to reform oneself; to turn over a new leaf