野心

Chinese

		field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (野心)		野	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yěxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yâ-sîm
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iá-sim

(Teochew, Peng'im): ia² sim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yěxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yěsin
  - Wade–Giles: yeh³-hsin¹
  - Yale: yě-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeeshin
  - Palladius: есинь (jesinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁵ sam¹
  - Yale: yéh sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: ia^ˊ xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia^ˊ xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-sim
  - Tâi-lô: iá-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafsym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ia² sim¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iá sim
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵²⁻³⁵ sim³³/

Noun

野心

wild ambition or schemes; careerism
她在政治上有很大的野心。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Tā zài zhèngzhì shàng yǒu hěn dà de yěxīn. [Pinyin]
She has great political ambitions.

Synonyms

壯志 / 壮志 (zhuàngzhì) (great ambitions)
夢寐 / 梦寐 (mèngmèi) (literary)
夢想 / 梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
心志 (xīnzhì)
心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
志事 (zhìshì) (literary)
志向 (zhìxiàng)
志氣 / 志气 (zhìqì)
懷抱 / 怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
抱負 / 抱负 (bàofù)
權欲 / 权欲 (quányù) (derogatory, lust for power)
理想 (lǐxiǎng)
職志 / 职志 (zhízhì)
雄心 (xióngxīn) (great ambitions)

Derived terms

狼子野心 (lángzǐyěxīn)
豺狼野心
野心勃勃 (yěxīnbóbó)
野心家 (yěxīnjiā)
野心狼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	心
や Grade: 2	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やしん [yáꜜshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
(Tokyo) やしん [yàshíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ja̠ɕĩɴ]

Noun

野(や)心(しん) • (yashin)

ambition

Korean

Hanja in this term
野	心

Noun

野心 • (yasim) (hangeul 야심)

hanja form^? of 야심 (“ambition, aspiration”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
野	心

Noun

野心

chữ Hán form of dã tâm (“intent”)