衷心

Chinese

		inner feelings	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (衷心)		衷	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ sam¹ / zung¹ sam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiong-sim / tiong-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsin
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: jūng-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshin
  - Palladius: чжунсинь (čžunsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中心
    忠心
    衷心
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cung¹ sam¹ / zung¹ sam¹
  - Yale: chūng sām / jūng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ sam¹ / dzung¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ sem¹ / zung¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中心
    忠心
    衷心
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiong-sim
  - Tâi-lô: thiong-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiongsym
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔŋ³³ sim³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ sim³³/

Middle Chinese: trjuwng|trjuwngH sim

Rime
Character	衷	衷	心
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	知 (9)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	東 (2)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	陟弓切	陟仲切	息林切
Baxter	trjuwng	trjuwngH	sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/ʈɨuŋ^H/	/siɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/ʈiuŋ^H/	/sim/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/ȶiuŋ^H/	/sjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/ʈuwŋ^H/	/sim/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/ȶiuŋ^H/	/siəm/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/ȶĭuŋ^H/	/sĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/ȶi̯uŋ^H/	/si̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	zhòng	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung¹	zung³	sam¹

Adjective

衷心

from the heart; heartfelt; sincere; deep; genuine; wholehearted
- 1977, “我和你 [You and Me]”, 林煌坤 [Lin Huangkun] (lyrics), 遠藤実 [Endō Minoru] (music), performed by 鄧麗君 [Teresa Teng], cover of 北国の春:
  
  我衷心地謝謝你　讓我忘卻煩惱和憂鬱 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  我衷心地谢谢你　让我忘却烦恼和忧郁 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  wǒ zhōngxīn di xièxiè nǐ, ràng wǒ wàngquè fánnǎo hé yōuyù [Pinyin]
  I sincerely thank you for letting me forget my worries and gloom.

Synonyms

深切 (shēnqiè)
由衷 (yóuzhōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (衷心):

→ Japanese: 衷(ちゅう)心(しん) (chūshin)
→ Korean: 충심(衷心) (chungsim)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衷	心
ちゅう Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 衷心 (MC trjuwng|trjuwngH sim).

First cited to a text from 1382.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうしん [chùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːɕĩɴ]

Noun

衷(ちゅう)心(しん) • (chūshin)

[from 1382] one's heart, innermost feelings
衷(ちゅう)心(しん)よりお悔(くや)み申(もう)し上(あ)げます
chūshin yori o-kuyami mōshiagemasu
Let me express my deepest condolences.

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
衷	心

Noun

衷心 • (chungsim) (hangeul 충심)

hanja form^? of 충심