丹心

Chinese

		red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (丹心)		丹	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dānxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dansin
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: dān-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danshin
  - Palladius: даньсинь (danʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    丹心
    擔心 / 担心
    殫心 / 殚心
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: daan¹ sam¹
  - Yale: dāan sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    丹參 / 丹参
    丹心

Noun

丹心

loyalty; sincere heart; loyal heart
- 人生自古誰無死？留取丹心照汗青。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  人生自古谁无死？留取丹心照汗青。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1279, 文天祥 (Wen Tianxiang) 《過零丁洋》
  Rénshēng zìgǔ shéi wú sǐ? Liú qǔ dānxīn zhào hànqīng. [Pinyin]
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Derived terms

一片丹心

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	心
たん Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

丹(たん)心(しん) • (tanshin)

sincerity, faithfulness