心肝頭

Chinese

		heart and liver; conscience; sincere affection	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (心肝頭)		心肝	頭
simp. (心肝头)		心肝	头

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sîm-kôn-thèu

(Hailu, HRS): sim^ˋ gon^ˋ teu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sim-koaⁿ-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): sim¹ guan¹ tau⁵

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-kôn-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ gon^ˊ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ gon¹ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sim^ˋ gon^ˋ teu
  - Sinological IPA: /sim⁵³ kon⁵³ tʰeu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-koaⁿ-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: sim-kuann-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simkvoa'taau
  - IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ kuã³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sim¹ guan¹ tau⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sim kuaⁿ thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³³⁻²³ kũã³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/

Noun

心肝頭

(Southern Min, colloquial, anatomy) chest
(Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka, anatomy) center of the chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; precordium
心肝頭擗擗積積 [Hokkien, trad.]
心肝头擗擗积积 [Hokkien, simp.]
sim-koaⁿ-thâu peh peh chek chek [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
feeling of heaviness from indigestion; dyspepsia

心肝頭疼／心肝头疼 [Hokkien] ― sim-koaⁿ-thâu thiàⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― severe pain from the heart or pit of the stomach

心肝頭遭／心肝头遭 [Hokkien] ― sim-koaⁿ-thâu cho [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― feeling of dull pain in the stomach from hunger or indigestion

心肝頭開／心肝头开 [Hokkien] ― sim-koaⁿ-thâu khui [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― sorrow or anxiety somewhat allayed

Synonyms

心肝引仔 (sim-koaⁿ-íⁿ-á) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
心肝窟仔 (sim-koaⁿ-khut-á) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

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