扣人心弦

Chinese

		10 percent; button; detain	man; person; people	one's heartstrings
simp. and trad. (扣人心弦)		扣	人	心弦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòurénxīnxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ jan⁴ sam¹ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòurénxīnxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòurénsinsián
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴-jên²-hsin¹-hsien²
    • Yale: kòu-rén-syīn-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowrenshinshyan
    • Palladius: коужэньсиньсянь (koužɛnʹsinʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³ jan⁴ sam¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: kau yàhn sām yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ jan⁴ sam¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ yen⁴ sem¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/

Idiom

扣人心弦

1. very moving; very touching