雞心

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	heart; mind
trad. (雞心/鷄心)		雞/鷄	心
simp. (鸡心)		鸡	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jisin
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: jī-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jishin
    • Palladius: цзисинь (czisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ sam¹
    • Yale: gāi sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

雞心

1. chicken heart
2. (Cantonese) breastbone; sternum
   • 2021, 拳王 [The Ringmaster]‎^[1], episode 7, spoken by 葉迎風 (黃子恆 [Hugo Wong]):

     畀人錐咗下雞心啊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     畀人锥咗下鸡心啊。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     bei² jan⁴ jeoi¹ zo² haa⁵ gai¹ sam¹ aa³. [Jyutping]

     [I] got jabbed in the breastbone.

Derived terms

• 雞心柿／鸡心柿