勞心

Chinese

		toil	heart; mind
trad. (勞心)		勞	心
simp. (劳心)		劳	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láoxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láoxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láosin
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-hsin¹
    • Yale: láu-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laushin
    • Palladius: лаосинь (laosinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: lòuh sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-sim
    • Tâi-lô: lô-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loisym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Verb

勞心

1. (literary) to labor with one's mind; to use one's brain to work
2. to be worried; to be concerned

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to labor with one's mind”): 勞力／劳力 (láolì)

Derived terms

• 事不關己，己不勞心／事不关己，己不劳心 (shìbùguānjǐ, jǐbùláoxīn)
• 勞心者治人，勞力者治於人／劳心者治人，劳力者治于人 (láoxīnzhězhìrén, láolìzhězhìyúrén)