心機

See also: 心机

Chinese

		heart; mind	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (心機)		心	機
simp. (心机)		心	机
anagram		機心／机心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnjī

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ gei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-kî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinji
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chi¹
  - Yale: syīn-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinji
  - Palladius: синьцзи (sinʹczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    心機 / 心机
    心肌
    心跡 / 心迹
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sam¹ gei¹
  - Yale: sām gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    心機 / 心机
    心肌
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ gi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-ki
  - Tâi-lô: sim-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simky
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ ki³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

心機

scheme; machination; cunning
(Cantonese) patience; devotion

Synonyms

(scheme):

圖謀 / 图谋 (túmóu)
招 (figurative)
攻略 (gōnglüè)
機謀 / 机谋 (jīmóu) (formal)
機關 / 机关 (jīguān)
策略 (cèlüè)
計策 / 计策 (jìcè)
計謀 / 计谋 (jìmóu)
謀略 / 谋略 (móulüè)
鈐 / 钤 (qián) (literary, or in compounds)

Derived terms

冇心機 / 冇心机 (mou⁵ sam¹ gei¹, “unmotivated”) (Cantonese)
枉用心機 / 枉用心机
枉費心機 / 枉费心机
用盡心機 / 用尽心机
畀心機 / 畀心机 (bei² sam¹ gei¹) (Cantonese)
費心機 / 费心机
費盡心機 / 费尽心机 (fèijìnxīnjī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	機
しん Grade: 2	き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

心(しん)機(き) • (shinki)

one's mental state or attitude

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN