歸心似箭

Chinese

		to submit wholeheartedly to the authority of another	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	arrow
trad. (歸心似箭)		歸心	似	箭
simp. (归心似箭)		归心	似	箭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīxīnsìjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ sam¹ ci⁵ zin³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gui¹ sim¹ se⁶ zin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīxīnsìjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueisinsìhjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-hsin¹-ssŭ⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: gwēi-syīn-sz̀-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueishinsyhjiann
    • Palladius: гуйсиньсыцзянь (gujsinʹsyczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ sam¹ ci⁵ zin³
    • Yale: gwāi sām chíh jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ sam¹ tsi⁵ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ sem¹ qi⁵ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː¹³ t͡siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gui¹ sim¹ se⁶ zin³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kui sim sṳ̆ tsìⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui³³⁻²³ sim³³⁻²³ sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²¹³/

Idiom

歸心似箭

1. to have one's heart set on returning home; to have an urge to return home

Synonyms

• 歸心如箭／归心如箭