重心

Chinese

		heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (重心)		重	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhòngxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶ sam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiǒng-sim / tiōng-sim / tǎng-sim / tāng-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngsin
  - Wade–Giles: chung⁴-hsin¹
  - Yale: jùng-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqshin
  - Palladius: чжунсинь (čžunsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung⁶ sam¹
  - Yale: juhng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǒng-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tiǒng-sim
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²² sim³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tiōng-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioxngsym
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎng-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tǎng-sim
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ²² sim³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāng-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tāng-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxngsym
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /taŋ²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/

Noun

重心

Synonyms

(centroid): 形心 (xíngxīn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (重心):

→ Japanese: 重心(じゅうしん) (jūshin)
→ Korean: 중심(重心) (jungsim)
→ Vietnamese: trọng tâm (重心)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
重	心
じゅう Grade: 3	しん Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

Blend of 重力 (jūryoku, “gravity”) +‎ 心 (-shin, “center”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅうしん [jùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːɕĩɴ]

Noun

重(じゅう)心(しん) • (jūshin)

(physics) a center of gravity; a centroid
(geometry) a centroid

See also

重(じゅう)心(しん)を取(と)る (jūshin o toru)
質(しつ)量(りょう)中(ちゅう)心(しん) (shitsuryō chūshin, “center of mass”)
垂(すい)心(しん) (suishin, “orthocenter”)
外(がい)心(しん) (gaishin, “circumcenter”)
内(ない)心(しん) (naishin, “incenter”)
傍(ぼう)心(しん) (bōshin, “excenter”)
図(ず)心(しん) (zushin)

Korean

Hanja in this term
重	心

Noun

重心 • (jungsim) (hangeul 중심)

hanja form^? of 중심 (“centre of gravity”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
重	心

Noun

重心

chữ Hán form of trọng tâm (“center of gravity (centre of gravity), centroid, heart; core; main part”)