心骨

Chinese

		heart; mind	bone
trad. (心骨)		心	骨
simp. ^#(心骨)		心	骨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīngǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄍㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīngǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: singǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-ku³
  - Yale: syīn-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinguu
  - Palladius: синьгу (sinʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

心骨

(literary) heart; innermost being
(literary) aspiration; ambition; spirit; backbone; resolve

Synonyms

(heart):

內心 / 内心 (nèixīn)
寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
心上 (xīnshàng)
心中 (xīnzhōng)
心內 / 心内 (Hakka, Hokkien)
心地 (xīndì)
心坎 (xīnkǎn)
心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
心田 (xīntián)
心窩 / 心窝 (xīnwō) (figurative, poetic)
心窩子 / 心窝子 (xīnwōzi) (figurative, poetic)
心裡 / 心里 (xīnlǐ)
心頭 / 心头 (xīntóu)
意下 (yìxià) (literary)
私心 (sīxīn)
肚子 (figurative)
肚裡 / 肚里 (dùlǐ)
肺肝 (fèigān) (literary)
胸 (xiōng)
胸中 (xiōngzhōng) (literary)
胸坎 (xiōngkǎn) (literary)
腹 (figurative)

(aspiration):

壯志 / 壮志 (zhuàngzhì) (great ambitions)
夢寐 / 梦寐 (mèngmèi) (literary)
夢想 / 梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
心志 (xīnzhì)
志事 (zhìshì) (literary)
志向 (zhìxiàng)
志氣 / 志气 (zhìqì)
懷抱 / 怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
抱負 / 抱负 (bàofù)
權欲 / 权欲 (quányù) (derogatory, lust for power)
理想 (lǐxiǎng)
職志 / 职志 (zhízhì)
野心 (yěxīn) (wild ambition)
雄心 (xióngxīn) (great ambitions)

Derived terms

主心骨 (zhǔxīngǔ)