心肝

Chinese

		heart; mind	liver
trad. (心肝)		心	肝
simp. #(心肝)		心	肝
Literally: “heart and liver”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ gon¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sîm-kôn

  (Hailu, HRS): sim^ˋ gon^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xim¹ gon¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-găng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-koaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singan
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kan¹
    • Yale: syīn-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingan
    • Palladius: синьгань (sinʹganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singanr
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kan¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syīn-gānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingal
    • Palladius: синьганьр (sinʹganʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ gon¹
    • Yale: sām gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ gon^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sim^ˋ gon^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /sim⁵³ kon⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xim¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sim⁴⁴ kɔn⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng-găng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sim-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simkvoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ kuã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴/

Noun

心肝

1. (figurative) conscience
2. (figurative) sincere affection
3. (figurative) darling; honey; sweetheart
4. (figurative) character (mental and ethical traits)
5. (figurative, Southern Min, Eastern Min) mind

   • 底你的心肝內，是不是還有我的存在？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     底你的心肝内，是不是还有我的存在？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 蘇打綠 (sodagreen), 無眠 (No Sleep)

     Tī lí ê sim-koaⁿ lāi, sī m̄ sī koh ū góa ê chûn-chāi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Do I still exist in your mind?

Synonyms

• (conscience): 良心 (liángxīn)
• (character): 心地 (xīndì), 心腸／心肠 (xīncháng)
• (darling):

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• 可愛／可爱 (kě'ài) (colloquial)
• 圞心／𪢮心 (lonn² sin¹) (Xiang)
• 圞心蒂子／𪢮心蒂子 (lonn² sin¹ di⁴ zr) (Xiang)
• 寶寶／宝宝
• 寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi)
• 小心肝 (xiǎoxīngān) (figurative)
• 心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
• 甜心 (tiánxīn)
• 親愛的／亲爱的 (qīn'ài de)

 

Derived terms

• 全無心肝／全无心肝
• 別有心肝／别有心肝
• 壞心肝／坏心肝
• 小心肝 (xiǎoxīngān)
• 心肝不託著五臟／心肝不托着五脏
• 心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
• 心肝肉
• 懷心肝／怀心肝
• 槌心肝
• 水晶心肝玻璃人
• 沒心肝／没心肝
• 烏心肝／乌心肝
• 玻璃心肝
• 鐵石心肝／铁石心肝

 

References

• “Entry #944”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	肝
しん Grade: 2	かん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんかん [shìńkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

心(しん)肝(かん) • (shinkan) 

1. (anatomy) heart as an organ of the body
2. heart as the center of emotion or thought

See also

• 肝心