真心

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	heart; mind
trad. (真心/眞心)		真/眞	心
simp. (真心)		真	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ sam¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhensin
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: jēn-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenshin
    • Palladius: чжэньсинь (čžɛnʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ sam¹
    • Yale: jān sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ xim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 真心

1. sincerity

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 真心

1. sincere

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 真心

1. sincerely

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	心
ま Grade: 3	こころ > ごころ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
眞心 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 真 (ma, “true”) + 心 (kokoro, “heart”)

Noun

真(ま)心(ごころ) • (magokoro) 

1. sincerity, true heart