忠心

Chinese

		loyal	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (忠心)		忠	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-sîm
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsin
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: jūng-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshin
  - Palladius: чжунсинь (čžunsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中心
    忠心
    衷心
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zung¹ sam¹
  - Yale: jūng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中心
    忠心
    衷心
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ sim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Noun

忠心

loyalty; devotion

Synonyms

忠誠／忠诚 (zhōngchéng)

Derived terms

忠心耿耿 (zhōngxīngěnggěng)

Related terms

順從／顺从 (shùncóng)
忠實／忠实 (zhōngshí)
忠順／忠顺 (zhōngshùn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (忠心):

→ Japanese: 忠心(ちゅうしん) (chūshin)
→ Korean: 충심(忠心) (chungsim)