平常心

Chinese

		ordinary; common; usual ordinary; common; usual; not rare; unexceptional; so-so; average	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (平常心)		平常	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngchángxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ soeng⁴ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngchángxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngchángsin
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-chʻang²-hsin¹
    • Yale: píng-cháng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngcharngshin
    • Palladius: пинчансинь (pinčansinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ soeng⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: pìhng sèuhng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ soeng⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ sêng⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ sœːŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

平常心

1. normal mind; one's natural self (i.e. an unagitated mind); peace of mind (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)

   保持一顆平常心／保持一颗平常心  ―  bǎochí yī kē píngchángxīn  ―  to keep a normal attitude; to take it easy

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
平	常	心
へい Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へーじょ​ーしん [hèéjóꜜòshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [he̞ːʑo̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

平(へい)常(じょう)心(しん) • (heijōshin) 

1. (literally, ordinary mind) usual mind, one's natural self

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
平	常	心
びょう Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びょーじょ​ーしん [byòójóꜜòshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːʑo̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

平(びょう)常(じょう)心(しん) • (byōjōshin) 

1. (less common) same as above