心腸

See also: 心肠

Chinese

		heart; mind	intestines
trad. (心腸)		心	腸
simp. (心肠)		心	肠
Literally: “heart and intestines”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīncháng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ coeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-chhòng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-tn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīncháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sincháng
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chʻang²
  - Yale: syīn-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shincharng
  - Palladius: синьчан (sinʹčan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sam¹ coeng⁴
  - Yale: sām chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    心腸 / 心肠
    深長 / 深长
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-chhòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ cong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ cong²
  - Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: sim-tn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simd'ngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/

Noun

心腸

character (mental and ethical traits)
heart; intention
state of mind; mood

Derived terms

兒女心腸 / 儿女心肠
冷心腸 / 冷心肠
好心腸 / 好心肠
木石心腸 / 木石心肠
沒心腸 / 没心肠
熱心腸 / 热心肠 (rèxīncháng)
菩薩心腸 / 菩萨心肠 (púsàxīncháng)
蛇蠍心腸 / 蛇蝎心肠 (shéxiēxīncháng)
軟心腸 / 软心肠
錦繡心腸 / 锦绣心肠
鐵心腸 / 铁心肠
鐵打心腸 / 铁打心肠
鐵石心腸 / 铁石心肠 (tiěshíxīncháng)
黑心腸 / 黑心肠

References

“心腸”, 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.