玻璃心

Chinese

		glass	heart; mind
trad. (玻璃心)		玻璃	心
simp. #(玻璃心)		玻璃	心
Literally: “glass heart”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōlixīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ lei^4-1 sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōlixīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: boli̊sin
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-li⁵-hsin¹
    • Yale: bwō-li-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo.lishin
    • Palladius: болисинь (bolisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li² ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ lei^4-1 sam¹
    • Yale: bō lēi sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ lei^4-1 sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ léi^4-1 sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²¹⁻⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

玻璃心

1. (neologism, slang) person whose feelings are easily hurt; emotionally vulnerable person

   為什麼我們製造出玻璃心世代？ [MSC, trad.]
   为什么我们制造出玻璃心世代？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wèishénme wǒmen zhìzào chū bōlíxīn shìdài? [Pinyin]

   Why do we create an emotionally vulnerable generation? (One of the book titles of The Coddling of the American Mind in Chinese)

   • 2021, “Fragile / 玻璃心 (bōlixīn)”, Namewee (lyrics), performed by Namewee and Kimberley Chen:

     對不起傷害了你　傷了你的感情　我聽見有個聲音　是玻璃心碎一地 [MSC, trad.]
     对不起伤害了你　伤了你的感情　我听见有个声音　是玻璃心碎一地 [MSC, simp.]

     duìbùqǐ shānghài le nǐ, shāng le nǐ de gǎnqíng, wǒ tīngjiàn yǒuge shēngyīn, shì bōlíxīn suì yīdì [Pinyin]

     Pardon me for offending, hurting you of your feeling. Oh I hear a sound, Fragile self-esteem has broken into pieces.