心坎

Chinese

		heart; mind	pit; threshold
simp. and trad. (心坎)		心	坎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnkǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ ham²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-khám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinkǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kʻan³
    • Yale: syīn-kǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkaan
    • Palladius: синькань (sinʹkanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinkǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kʻan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syīn-kǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkaal
    • Palladius: синьканьр (sinʹkanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ ham²
    • Yale: sām hám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ ham²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ hem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ hɐm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-khám
    • Tâi-lô: sim-khám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simqarm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kʰam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ kʰam⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

心坎

1. pit of the stomach
2. bottom of one's heart

Synonyms

• (bottom of one's heart):

• 內心／内心 (nèixīn)
• 寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
• 心上 (xīnshàng)
• 心中 (xīnzhōng)
• 心內／心内 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 心地 (xīndì)
• 心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
• 心田 (xīntián)
• 心窩／心窝 (xīnwō) (figurative, poetic)
• 心窩子／心窝子 (xīnwōzi) (figurative, poetic)
• 心裡／心里 (xīnlǐ)
• 心頭／心头 (xīntóu)
• 心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
• 意下 (yìxià) (literary)
• 私心 (sīxīn)
• 肚子 (figurative)
• 肚裡／肚里 (dùlǐ)
• 肺肝 (fèigān) (literary)
• 胸 (xiōng)
• 胸中 (xiōngzhōng) (literary)
• 胸坎 (xiōngkǎn) (literary)
• 腹 (figurative)