心肝
Chinese
| heart; mind | liver | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (心肝) | 心 | 肝 | |
| simp. #(心肝) | 心 | 肝 | |
| Literally: “heart and liver”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sam1 gon1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-găng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing1 gua1 / sing1 guann1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: xīngān
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: singan
- Wade–Giles: hsin1-kan1
- Yale: syīn-gān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingan
- Palladius: синьгань (sinʹganʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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心肝
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xīngānr
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: singanr
- Wade–Giles: hsin1-kan1-ʼrh
- Yale: syīn-gānr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingal
- Palladius: синьганьр (sinʹganʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sam1 gon1
- Yale: sām gōn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sam1 gon1
- Guangdong Romanization: sem1 gon1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-kôn
- Hakka Romanization System: ximˊ gonˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xim1 gon1
- Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: simˋ gonˋ
- Sinological IPA: /sim⁵³ kon⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: xim1 gon1
- Sinological IPA: /ɕim⁴⁴ kɔn⁴⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sing1 gua1 [Phonetic: sing5 ngua1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sing-guaⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ (k-)ŋua⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sing1 guann1 [Phonetic: sing5 ngua1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ (k-)ŋua⁵⁴⁴/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sing1 guann1 [Phonetic: sing5 mua1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ (k-)mua⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-koaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: sim-kuann
- Phofsit Daibuun: simkvoaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ kuã³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: sim1 guan1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sim kuaⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /sim³³⁻²³ kũã³³/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
心肝
- (figurative) conscience
- (figurative) sincere affection
- (figurative) darling; honey; sweetheart
- (figurative) character (mental and ethical traits)
- (figurative, Southern Min, Eastern Min) mind
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “心肝”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 33.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 心 | 肝 |
| しん Grade: 2 |
かん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
心肝 • (shinkan)