虔心

Chinese

		devout	heart; mind
trad. (虔心)		虔	心
simp. ^#(虔心)		虔	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): qiánxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чянщин (či͡anxin, I-I)
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiân-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánsin
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hsin¹
  - Yale: chyán-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshin
  - Palladius: цяньсинь (cjanʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    潛心 / 潜心
    虔心
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чянщин (či͡anxin, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴ ɕiŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiân-sim
  - Tâi-lô: khiân-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiensym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛn²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: gjen sim

Rime
Character	虔	心
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠焉切	息林切
Baxter	gjen	sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇn/	/siɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛn/	/sim/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæn/	/sjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gian/	/sim/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛn/	/siəm/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛn/	/sĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛn/	/si̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kin⁴	sam¹

Adjective

虔心

devout

Synonyms

允 (Classical Chinese)
實在 / 实在
實誠 / 实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial)
悃誠 / 悃诚 (kǔnchéng) (literary)
慥慥 (zàozào) (literary)
懇切 / 恳切 (kěnqiè)
殷切 (yīnqiè)
熱誠 / 热诚 (rèchéng)
真心 (zhēnxīn)
真摯 / 真挚 (zhēnzhì)
真誠 / 真诚 (zhēnchéng)
老實 / 老实 (lǎoshí)
親切 / 亲切 (qīnqiè)
誠信 / 诚信 (chéngxìn)
誠實 / 诚实 (chéngshí)
誠心 / 诚心 (chéngxīn)
誠懇 / 诚恳 (chéngkěn)
誠摯 / 诚挚 (chéngzhì)
諄諄 / 谆谆 (zhūnzhūn) (of teaching)
赤忱 (chìchén) (literary)
赤誠 / 赤诚 (chìchéng)