慼心

Chinese

		ashamed; grief	heart; mind
trad. (慼心)		慼	心
simp. (戚心)		戚	心
alternative forms		切心 嗟心

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheh-sim / chhoeh-sim

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheh-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tsheh-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhehsym
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoeh-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tshueh-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoehsym
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/

Verb

慼心

1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to lose hope; to despair; to be desperate (due to resentment, etc.)

Synonyms

• 喪氣／丧气
• 嘔興／呕兴 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 掃興／扫兴
• 敗興／败兴 (bàixìng)
• 死空 (Hokkien)
• 死窟 (Hokkien)
• 死蕩蕩／死荡荡 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 氣餒／气馁 (qìněi)
• 洩勁／泄劲 (xièjìn)
• 洩氣／泄气 (xièqì)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 無望／无望 (wúwàng)
• 絕望／绝望 (juéwàng)

 

References

• “Entry #11098”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.