愛心

See also: 爱心

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	heart; mind
trad. (愛心)		愛	心
simp. (爱心)		爱	心
anagram		心愛／心爱
Literally: “loving heart”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): àixīn

(Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): oi-sîm
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ài-sim

(Teochew, Peng'im): ain³ sim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: àixīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: àisin
  - Wade–Giles: ai⁴-hsin¹
  - Yale: ài-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayshin
  - Palladius: айсинь (ajsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: oi³ sam¹
  - Yale: oi sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: oi³ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: oi-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: oi xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: oi⁴ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /oi̯⁵⁵ sim²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-sim
  - Tâi-lô: ài-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aesym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ sim⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ain³ sim¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àiⁿ sim
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sim³³/

Noun

愛心

compassion; kindness

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 疼心

Derived terms

愛心專座 / 爱心专座 (àixīn zhuānzuò)
愛心座位 / 爱心座位 (àixīn zuòwèi)

References

“愛心”, 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.