衷心

Chinese

		inner feelings	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (衷心)		衷	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ sam¹, zung¹ sam¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiong-sim / tiong-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsin
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: jūng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshin
    • Palladius: чжунсинь (čžunsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 中心 忠心 衷心

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cung¹ sam¹, zung¹ sam¹
    • Yale: chūng sām, jūng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ sam¹, dzung¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ sem¹, zung¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 中心 忠心 衷心

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiong-sim
    • Tâi-lô: thiong-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiongsym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔŋ³³ sim³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ sim³³/

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• Middle Chinese: trjuwng|trjuwngH sim

Rime
Character	衷	衷	心
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	知 (9)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	東 (2)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	陟弓切	陟仲切	息林切
Baxter	trjuwng	trjuwngH	sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/ʈɨuŋH/	/siɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/ʈiuŋH/	/sim/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/ȶiuŋH/	/sjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/ʈuwŋH/	/sim/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/ȶiuŋH/	/siəm/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/ȶĭuŋH/	/sĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/ȶi̯uŋH/	/si̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	zhòng	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	zung3	sam1

Adjective

衷心

1. from the heart; heartfelt; sincere; deep; genuine; wholehearted

   • 我衷心地謝謝你　讓我忘卻煩惱和憂鬱 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     我衷心地谢谢你　让我忘却烦恼和忧郁 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: “You and Me”, lyrics by Lin Huangkun, original music “Spring in the North” (1977) by Minoru Endō, sung by Teresa Teng

     wǒ zhōngxīn di xièxiè nǐ, ràng wǒ wàngquè fánnǎo hé yōuyù [Pinyin]

     I sincerely thank you for letting me forget my worries and gloom.

Synonyms

• 深切 (shēnqiè)
• 由衷 (yóuzhōng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (衷心):

• → Japanese: 衷(ちゅう)心(しん) (chūshin)
• → Korean: 충심(衷心) (chungsim)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衷	心
ちゅう Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 衷心 (MC trjuwng|trjuwngH sim).

First cited to a text from 1382.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうしん [chùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɕĩɴ]

Noun

衷(ちゅう)心(しん) • (chūshin) 

1. [from 1382] one's heart, innermost feelings

   衷(ちゅう)心(しん)よりお悔(くや)み申(もう)し上(あ)げます

   chūshin yori o-kuyami mōshiagemasu

   Let me express my deepest condolences.

Korean

Hanja in this term
衷	心

Noun

衷心 • (chungsim) (hangeul 충심)

1. Hanja form^? of 충심.