灰心

Chinese

		grey; ash	heart; mind
trad. (灰心)		灰	心
simp. ^#(灰心)		灰	心
anagram		心灰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huīxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fôi-sîm
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-sim / he-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huīxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hueisin
  - Wade–Giles: hui¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: hwēi-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueishin
  - Palladius: хуэйсинь (xuejsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fui¹ sam¹
  - Yale: fūi sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fôi-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: foi^ˊ xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: foi¹ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /foi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hue-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoesym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ sim³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he-sim
  - Tâi-lô: he-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hesym
  - IPA (Taipei): /he⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Verb

灰心

to lose heart; to despair; to be discouraged

Synonyms

喪氣 / 丧气
嘔興 / 呕兴 (Xiamen Hokkien)
失望 (shīwàng)
慼心 / 戚心 (“chheh-sim”) (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
掃興 / 扫兴
敗興 / 败兴 (bàixìng)
死空 (Hokkien)
死窟 (Hokkien)
死蕩蕩 / 死荡荡 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
氣餒 / 气馁 (qìněi)
洩勁 / 泄劲 (xièjìn)
洩氣 / 泄气 (xièqì)
無望 / 无望 (wúwàng)
絕望 / 绝望 (juéwàng)

Adjective

灰心

in despair; discouraged; dejected

Synonyms

低沉 (dīchén)
低落 (dīluò)
冷館 / 冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
喪氣 / 丧气
壓抑 / 压抑 (yāyì)
失望 (shīwàng)
失落 (shīluò)
寡歡 / 寡欢 (guǎhuān)
幽鬱 / 幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
悒鬱 / 悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
悒鬱寡歡 / 悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
愁悶 / 愁闷 (chóumèn)
憂悶 / 忧闷 (yōumèn)
慘沮 / 惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
憂鬱 / 忧郁 (yōuyù)
憋悶 / 憋闷
懊喪 / 懊丧 (àosàng)
抑鬱 / 抑郁 (yìyù)
沉悶 / 沉闷 (chénmèn)
沉抑 (chényì)
沉鬱 / 沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
沮喪 / 沮丧 (jǔsàng)
消極 / 消极 (xiāojí)
消沉 (xiāochén)
灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
灰心喪氣 / 灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
煩悶 / 烦闷 (fánmèn)
神傷 / 神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
苦悶 / 苦闷 (kǔmèn)
萎靡
陰暗 / 阴暗 (yīn'àn)
陰沉 / 阴沉 (yīnchén)
頹唐 / 颓唐 (tuítáng)
頹喪 / 颓丧 (tuísàng)
頹廢 / 颓废 (tuífèi)
鬱悶 / 郁闷 (yùmèn)
鬱鬱 / 郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
鬱鬱不樂 / 郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
鬱鬱寡歡 / 郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
齪嘈 / 龊嘈 (Hokkien)

Derived terms

灰心喪氣 / 灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)