心口

Chinese edit

		heart; mind	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (心口)		心	口

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ hau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-kháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kʻou³
  - Yale: syīn-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkoou
  - Palladius: синькоу (sinʹkou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkǒur
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄎㄡˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinkǒur
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kʻou³-ʼrh
  - Yale: syīn-kǒur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkooul
  - Palladius: синькоур (sinʹkour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ hau²
  - Yale: sām háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: sim-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simqao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/

Noun edit

心口

centre of chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus
(colloquial) chest
心口翳住翳住 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
sam¹ hau² ai³ zyu⁶ ai³ zyu⁶ [Jyutping]
to have chest tightness
- 過了燈節後，就叫心口疼痛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  过了灯节后，就叫心口疼痛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Guò le dēngjié hòu, jiù jiào xīnkǒu téngtòng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(literally) heart and mouth
(figuratively) words and thoughts

Synonyms edit

(chest): 胸 (xiōng), 懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào), 胸部 (xiōngbù), 胸膛 (xiōngtáng), (literary) 胸坎 (xiōngkǎn), (Leizhou Min) 乳符

Derived terms edit

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