平常心

Chinese

		ordinary; common; usual ordinary; common; usual; not rare; unexceptional; so-so; average	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (平常心)		平常	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): píngchángxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ soeng⁴ sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píngchángxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: píngchángsin
  - Wade–Giles: pʻing²-chʻang²-hsin¹
  - Yale: píng-cháng-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngcharngshin
  - Palladius: пинчансинь (pinčansinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ping⁴ soeng⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: pìhng sèuhng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ soeng⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ sêng⁴ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ sœːŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

平常心

normal mind; one's natural self (i.e. an unagitated mind); peace of mind (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)
保持一顆平常心／保持一颗平常心 ― bǎochí yī kē píngchángxīn ― to keep a normal attitude; to take it easy

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
平	常	心
へい Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へーじょーしん [hèéjóꜜòshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [he̞ːʑo̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

平(へい)常(じょう)心(しん) • (heijōshin)

(literally, ordinary mind) usual mind, one's natural self

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
平	常	心
びょう Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びょーじょーしん [byòójóꜜòshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːʑo̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

平(びょう)常(じょう)心(しん) • (byōjōshin)

(less common) same as above

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN