狠心

Chinese

		ruthless; fierce; severe	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (狠心)		狠	心
anagram		心狠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hěnxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): han² sam¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hūn-sim / hún-sim / hīn-sim

(Teochew, Peng'im): hing² sim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hěnxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hěnsin
  - Wade–Giles: hên³-hsin¹
  - Yale: hěn-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heenshin
  - Palladius: хэньсинь (xɛnʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: han² sam¹
  - Yale: hán sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: han² sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hen² sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūn-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hūn-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huxnsym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hún-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hwnsym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīn-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hīn-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hixnsym
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hin²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hing² sim¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: híng sim
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sim³³/

Adjective

狠心

cruel; heartless; callous

Synonyms

兇惡 / 凶恶 (xiōng'è)
兇殘 / 凶残 (xiōngcán)
兇狠 / 凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
兇猛 / 凶猛 (xiōngměng)
兇險 / 凶险 (xiōngxiǎn)
凶暴 (xiōngbào)
厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài)
嚴酷 / 严酷 (yánkù)
強暴 / 强暴 (qiángbào)
忍 (rěn) (literary)
惡勢 / 恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
惡毒 / 恶毒 (èdú)
惡狠狠 / 恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
慘 / 惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
暴力 (bàolì)
暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
暴虐 (bàonüè)
暴躁 (bàozào)
橫逆 / 横逆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
殘 / 残 (cán) (literary, or in compounds)
殘忍 / 残忍 (cánrěn)
殘暴 / 残暴 (cánbào)
殘酷 / 残酷 (cánkù)
毒辣 (dúlà)
烏心 / 乌心 (Min Nan)
狠毒 (hěndú)
狠狠 (hěnhěn)
猙獰 / 狰狞 (zhēngníng)
粗殘 / 粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
辣 (là)
酷烈 (kùliè)
野蠻 / 野蛮 (yěmán)
陰功 / 阴功 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
險惡 / 险恶 (xiǎn'è)
黑心 (hēixīn)

Verb

狠心

to make a decision; to be determined or resolved to do something

Synonyms

下決心 / 下决心 (xià juéxīn)
下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
判決 / 判决 (pànjué)
定奪 / 定夺 (dìngduó)
扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
決定 / 决定 (juédìng)
決心 / 决心 (juéxīn)
決意 / 决意 (juéyì)
決斷 / 决断 (juéduàn)
決計 / 决计 (juéjì)
滿意 / 满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)

Noun

狠心

determination; resolution; resoluteness

Synonyms

心志 (xīnzhì)
志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
意志 (yìzhì)
毅力 (yìlì)
決心 / 决心 (juéxīn)

Derived terms

狠心狼