心口
Chinese
| heart; mind | mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (心口) |
心 | 口 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkǒu
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sinkǒu
- Wade–Giles: hsin1-kʻou3
- Yale: syīn-kǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkoou
- Palladius: синькоу (sinʹkou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkǒur
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄡˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sinkǒur
- Wade–Giles: hsin1-kʻou3-ʼrh
- Yale: syīn-kǒur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkooul
- Palladius: синькоур (sinʹkour)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sam1 hau2
- Yale: sām háu
- Cantonese Pinyin: sam1 hau2
- Guangdong Romanization: sem1 heo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐm⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-kháu
- Tâi-lô: sim-kháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: simqao
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Noun
心口
- centre of chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus
- (colloquial) chest
- (literally) heart and mouth
- (figuratively) words and thoughts
Synonyms
- (chest): 胸 (xiōng), 懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào), 胸部 (xiōngbù), 胸膛 (xiōngtáng), (literary) 胸坎 (xiōngkǎn), (Leizhou Min) 乳符