動人心弦

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	man; person; people	one's heartstrings
trad. (動人心弦)		動	人	心弦
simp. (动人心弦)		动	人	心弦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngrénxīnxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ jan⁴ sam¹ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngrénxīnxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngrénsinsián
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-jên²-hsin¹-hsien²
    • Yale: dùng-rén-syīn-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqrenshinshyan
    • Palladius: дунжэньсиньсянь (dunžɛnʹsinʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ jan⁴ sam¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: duhng yàhn sām yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ jan⁴ sam¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ yen⁴ sem¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/

Idiom

動人心弦

1. to be deeply moving; to tug at one's heartstrings