稱心

See also: 称心

Chinese

	to call; to praise; to weigh to call; to praise; to weigh; to estimate; to consider; to address; to name; to say; commend; steelyard; balanced; to fit; well-off; suitable	heart; mind
trad. (稱心)	稱	心
simp. (称心)	称	心
alternative forms	趁心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chènxīn, chèngxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄣ, ㄔㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing³ sam¹ / can³ sam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhèng-sim / chhin-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chènxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chènsin
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-hsin¹
  - Yale: chèn-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennshin
  - Palladius: чэньсинь (čɛnʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    稱心 / 称心
    趁心
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chèngxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chèngsin
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng⁴-hsin¹
  - Yale: chèng-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenqshin
  - Palladius: чэнсинь (čɛnsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cing³ sam¹ / can³ sam¹
  - Yale: ching sām / chan sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing³ sam¹ / tsan³ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing³ sem¹ / cen³ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³³ sɐm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɐn³³ sɐm⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    稱心 / 称心
    趁心
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tshìng-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheangsym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tshin-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chinsym
  - IPA (Longyan): /t͡sʰin³³⁴ sim³³⁴/

Verb

稱⫽心 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to gratify; to satisfy; to be satisfactory

Synonyms

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中意 (zhòngyì)
合心 (héxīn)
合意 (héyì)
如意 (rúyì)
心甘 (xīngān)
滿 / 满 (mǎn)
滿意 / 满意 (mǎnyì)
滿足 / 满足 (mǎnzú)
甘心 (gānxīn) (usually in the negative)
稱願 / 称愿 (chènyuàn)
順心 / 顺心 (shùnxīn) (literary)
飽足 / 饱足 (bǎozú) (literary)
饜足 / 餍足 (yànzú) (literary)

Derived terms

不稱心 / 不称心
稱心如意 / 称心如意
稱心快意 / 称心快意
稱心滿志 / 称心满志
稱心滿意 / 称心满意

References

郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “称心”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 399.