處心積慮

Chinese

		a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with	heart; mind
trad. (處心積慮)		處	心	積慮
simp. (处心积虑)		处	心	积虑

Etymology

From Guliang Zhuan:

何甚乎鄭伯？甚鄭伯之處心積慮，成於殺也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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何甚乎郑伯？甚郑伯之处心积虑，成于杀也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Guliang, circa 206 BCE– 9 CE

Hé shèn hū Zhèng Bó? Shèn Zhèng Bó zhī chùxīnjīlǜ, chéng yú shā yě. [Pinyin]

Why [criticize] the Liege of Zheng to a greater extent? To a greater extent, because the Liege of Zheng conspired [against his brother], culminating in [his brother's] killing.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔxīnjīlǜ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧ ㄌㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu² sam¹ zik¹ leoi⁶ / cyu⁵ sam¹ zik¹ leoi⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cu² sim¹ zêh⁴ le⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔxīnjīlǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧ ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔsinjilyù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu³-hsin¹-chi¹-lü⁴
    • Yale: chǔ-syīn-jī-lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuushinjiliuh
    • Palladius: чусиньцзилюй (čusinʹcziljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ly⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu² sam¹ zik¹ leoi⁶ / cyu⁵ sam¹ zik¹ leoi⁶
    • Yale: chyú sām jīk leuih / chyúh sām jīk leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy² sam¹ dzik⁷ loey⁶ / tsy⁵ sam¹ dzik⁷ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu² sem¹ jig¹ lêu⁶ / qu⁵ sem¹ jig¹ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ lɵy̯²²/, /t͡sʰyː¹³ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ lɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cu² sim¹ zêh⁴ le⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshú sim tseh lṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵²⁻³⁵ sim³³⁻²³ t͡seʔ²⁻⁴ lɯ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhoX sim tsjek ljoH

Rime
Character	處	心	積	慮
Reading #	1/2	1/1	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	心 (16)	精 (13)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	侵 (139)	昔 (123)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	昌與切	息林切	資昔切	良倨切
Baxter	tsyhoX	sim	tsjek	ljoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨʌX/	/siɪm/	/t͡siᴇk̚/	/lɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɔX/	/sim/	/t͡siɛk̚/	/liɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiɔX/	/sjem/	/t͡siæk̚/	/liɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰɨə̆X/	/sim/	/t͡siajk̚/	/lɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɔX/	/siəm/	/t͡siɛk̚/	/liɔH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭoX/	/sĭĕm/	/t͡sĭɛk̚/	/lĭoH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯woX/	/si̯əm/	/t͡si̯ɛk̚/	/li̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǔ	xīn	ji	lǜ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu2	sam1	zik1	leoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.qʰaʔ  səm  [ts]ek  [r]a-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰljaʔ  slɯm  ʔseɡ  ras/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	處	心	積	慮
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chǔ	xīn	jī	lǜ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhoX ›	‹ sim ›	‹ tsjek ›	‹ ljoH ›
Old Chinese	/*t.qʰaʔ/	/*səm/	/*[ts]ek/	/*[r]a-s/
English	be at	heart	accumulate	think, consider
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	處	心	積	慮
Reading #	1/2	1/1	2/2	1/1
No.	5248	13801	1774	5241
Phonetic component	虍	心	朿	虍
Rime group	魚	侵	錫	魚
Rime subdivision	0	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	杵	心	積	慮
Old Chinese	/*kʰljaʔ/	/*slɯm/	/*ʔseɡ/	/*ras/

Idiom

處心積慮

1. to conspire for a long time