心如刀割
Chinese
| heart; mind | as (if); such as | knife | cut off | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (心如刀割) | 心 | 如 | 刀 | 割 | |
| simp. #(心如刀割) | 心 | 如 | 刀 | 割 | |
| Literally: “as if having a heart cut by a knife”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xīnrúdāogē
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄠ ㄍㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sinrúdaoge
- Wade–Giles: hsin1-ju2-tao1-ko1
- Yale: syīn-rú-dāu-gē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinrudauge
- Palladius: синьжудаогэ (sinʹžudaogɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sam1 jyu4 dou1 got3
- Yale: sām yùh dōu got
- Cantonese Pinyin: sam1 jy4 dou1 got8
- Guangdong Romanization: sem1 yu4 dou1 god3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ kɔːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
心如刀割