扎心

Chinese

		to prick; to run or stick (a needle, etc.) into; penetrating (as of cold) to prick; to run or stick (a needle, etc.) into; penetrating (as of cold); struggle; to tie; to bind	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (扎心)		扎	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhasin
    • Wade–Giles: cha¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: jā-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jashin
    • Palladius: чжасинь (čžasinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

Verb

扎心

1. (neologism, slang, originally dialectal Mandarin) to “pierce the heart”, i.e. (of someone's words) to be incisively and callously accurate; to be hurtfully truthful; to sting

   扎心了，老鐵。／扎心了，老铁。  ―  Zhāxīn le, lǎotiě.  ―  Your words touched my sore spot, man. (slang)

   扎心了，老鐵。／扎心了，老铁。  ―  Zhāxīn le, lǎotiě.  ―  Life is hard, man. (slang, alternatively)