三心兩意

Chinese

		three	heart; mind	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (三心兩意)		三	心	兩	意
simp. (三心两意)		三	心	两	意

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānxīnliǎngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄒㄧㄣㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ sam¹ loeng⁵ ji³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sâm-sîm-lióng-yi

(Meixian, Guangdong): sam¹ xim¹ liong³ yi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-sim-lióng-ì / saⁿ-sim-nn̄g-ì / saⁿ-sim-nňg-ì
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): san¹ sin¹ lian³ i⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānxīnliǎngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄒㄧㄣㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sansinliǎngyì
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-hsin¹-liang³-i⁴
  - Yale: sān-syīn-lyǎng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshinleangyih
  - Palladius: саньсиньлянъи (sanʹsinʹljanʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ sam¹ loeng⁵ ji³
  - Yale: sāam sām léuhng yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ sam¹ loeng⁵ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ sem¹ lêng⁵ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ lœːŋ¹³ jiː³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-sîm-lióng-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ xim^ˊ liong^ˋ i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ xim¹ liong³ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴ li̯oŋ³¹ i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-sîm-lióng-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ xim^ˊ liong^ˋ (r)i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ xim¹ liong³ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴ li̯oŋ³¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sam¹ xim¹ liong³ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sam⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴⁻³⁵ liɔŋ³¹ i⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-sim-lióng-ì
  - Tâi-lô: sam-sim-lióng-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samsimliofng'ix
  - IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-sim-nn̄g-ì
  - Tâi-lô: sann-sim-nn̄g-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svasimnngxix
  - IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ i²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴ nŋ̍²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-sim-nňg-ì
  - Tâi-lô: sann-sim-nňg-ì
  - IPA (Philippines): /sã³³ sim³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²² i⁴¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: san¹ sin¹ lian³ i⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /san³³ sin³³ li̯æn⁴¹ i⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /san³³ ɕin³³ li̯æn⁴¹ i⁴⁵/

Idiom

三心兩意

shilly-shally; half-hearted; vacillating; without consistency or constancy; likely to change minds easily

Synonyms

心神不定 (xīnshénbùdìng)
心猿意馬／心猿意马 (xīnyuányìmǎ)
意馬心猿／意马心猿

Dialectal synonyms of 三心二意 (“shilly-shally; half-hearted”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		三心二意, 三心兩意
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	三心二意
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	三心二意
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	三心二意
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	三心二意, 三心兩意
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	三心二意
	Xining	三心二意
	Xuzhou	三心二意
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	三心二意
	Lanzhou	三心二意
	Ürümqi	三心二意, 三心兩意
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	三心二意
	Wuhan	三心二意, 三心兩意
	Guiyang	三心二意
	Liuzhou	三心兩意
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	三心二意
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	三心二意
Cantonese	Hong Kong	三心兩意
Cantonese	Dongguan	三心兩意
Gan	Nanchang	三心二意
	Lichuan	三心二意, 三心兩意
	Pingxiang	三心二意
Hakka	Meixian	三心兩意
	Yudu	三心兩意
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	三心兩意
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	三心兩意
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	三心兩意
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	三心兩意
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	三心兩意
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	三心兩意
Jin	Taiyuan	三心二意
Jin	Xinzhou	三心二意
Southern Min	Xiamen	三心兩意
	Zhangzhou	欲准毋
	Tainan	三心兩意
	Manila (Hokkien)	三心兩意
	Haikou	三心兩意
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	三心兩意
Wu	Shanghai	三心兩意
	Shanghai (Chongming)	三心兩意
	Suzhou	三心兩意
	Danyang	三心二意
	Hangzhou	三心二意, 三心兩意
	Ningbo	三心兩意
	Wenzhou	三心兩意
	Jinhua	三心兩意
Xiang	Changsha	三心二意, 三心兩意
Xiang	Loudi	三心二意