心塞

Chinese

		heart; mind	to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian
simp. and trad. (心塞)		心	塞

Etymology

Short for 心肌梗塞 (xīnjī gěngsè, “heart attack”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnsāi, xīnsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄞ, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnsāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsai
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-sai¹
    • Yale: syīn-sāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinsai
    • Palladius: синьсай (sinʹsaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ saɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsè
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: syīn-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinseh
    • Palladius: синьсэ (sinʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/

Adjective

心塞

1. (neologism, slang) experiencing a crushing feeling in the chest; feeling suffocated, upset, sad, depressed, broken-hearted, frustrated, etc.

   我好心塞。  ―  Wǒ hǎo xīnsāi.  ―  I'm so sad.