關心

See also: 关心

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	heart; mind
trad. (關心)		關	心
simp. (关心)		关	心

Etymology

Literally "associate one's mind with something". Compare 關聯、關係、關注.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ sam¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kôan-sîm

(Hailu, HRS): guan^ˋ sim^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): guăng-sĭng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): guang¹ sing¹ / guong¹ sing¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koan-sim

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ sim¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kue-shin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guansin
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: gwān-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshin
  - Palladius: гуаньсинь (guanʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹ sam¹
  - Yale: gwāan sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôan-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˊ xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guan¹ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˋ sim^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kuan⁵³ sim⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guăng-sĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)niŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: guang¹ sing¹ [Phonetic: guang⁵ ning¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: guang-sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(ɬ-)niŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: guong¹ sing¹ [Phonetic: guong⁵ ning¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)niŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-sim
  - Tâi-lô: kuan-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koansym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ sim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang¹ sim¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang sim
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻²³ sim³³/

Note: guang1 sim1 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kue-shin
  - MiniDict: kue^平 shin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kue-xin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kue⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

Verb

關心

(transitive) to be concerned about; to care for; to put first
關心國家大事／关心国家大事 ― guānxīn guójiādàshì ― to be concerned about the major issues of one's country

關心集體／关心集体 ― guānxīn jítǐ ― to put the collective first

他一點都不關心我。 [MSC, trad.]
他一点都不关心我。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yīdiǎn dōu bù guānxīn wǒ. [Pinyin]
He doesn't care about me at all.

Synonyms

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器 (qì) (literary, or in compounds)
器重 (qìzhòng) (a junior or subordinate)
契重 (qìzhòng) (literary)
寶貴 / 宝贵 (bǎoguì)
寶重 / 宝重 (bǎozhòng)
對重 / 对重 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
把焦點放在 / 把焦点放在 (bǎ jiāodiǎn fàng zài)
正視 / 正视 (zhèngshì)
注重 (zhùzhòng)
看重 (kànzhòng)
致重 (Hokkien)
重視 / 重视 (zhòngshì)
關切 / 关切 (guānqiè)
關懷 / 关怀 (guānhuái)
關注 / 关注 (guānzhù)

Derived terms

不關心 / 不关心
事不關心，關心者亂 / 事不关心，关心者乱
漠不關心 / 漠不关心 (mòbùguānxīn)
藥裹關心 / 药裹关心
關心民瘼 / 关心民瘼

Descendants

→ Zhuang: gvansim