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一心二用
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Chinese
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one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
heart; mind
two
to use
simp.
and
trad.
(
一心二用
)
一
心
二
用
Literally:
“one mind, two uses”.
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
yīxīn'èryòng
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄦˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
jat
1
sam
1
ji
6
jung
6
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
yīxīn'èryòng
[Phonetic:
yì
xīn'èryòng]
Zhuyin
:
ㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄦˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
yisin-èryòng
Wade–Giles
:
i
1
-hsin
1
-êrh
4
-yung
4
Yale
:
yī-syīn-èr-yùng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
ishinellyonq
Palladius
:
исиньэрюн
(isinʹerjun)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
jat
1
sam
1
ji
6
jung
6
Yale
:
y
ā
t s
ā
m yih yuhng
Cantonese Pinyin
:
jat
7
sam
1
ji
6
jung
6
Guangdong Romanization
:
yed
1
sem
1
yi
6
yung
6
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jɐt̚⁵ sɐm
⁵⁵
jiː²² jʊŋ²²/
Idiom
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一心二用
to
divide
one's
attention
; to
multitask