狠心

Chinese

		ruthless; fierce; severe	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (狠心)		狠	心
anagram		心狠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hěnxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): han² sam¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hūn-sim / hún-sim / hīn-sim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hing² sim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hěnxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hěnsin
    • Wade–Giles: hên³-hsin¹
    • Yale: hěn-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heenshin
    • Palladius: хэньсинь (xɛnʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: han² sam¹
    • Yale: hán sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: han² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hen² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūn-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hūn-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxnsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hún-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwnsym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīn-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hīn-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hixnsym
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hin²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hing² sim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: híng sim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sim³³/

Adjective

狠心

1. cruel; heartless; callous

Synonyms

• 兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
• 兇殘／凶残 (xiōngcán)
• 兇狠／凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
• 兇猛／凶猛 (xiōngměng)
• 兇險／凶险 (xiōngxiǎn)
• 凶暴 (xiōngbào)
• 厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
• 嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù)
• 強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)
• 忍 (rěn) (literary)
• 惡勢／恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 惡毒／恶毒 (èdú)
• 惡狠狠／恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
• 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 暴力 (bàolì)
• 暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
• 暴虐 (bàonüè)
• 暴躁 (bàozào)
• 殘／残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds)
• 殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn)
• 殘暴／残暴 (cánbào)
• 殘酷／残酷 (cánkù)
• 毒辣 (dúlà)
• 烏心／乌心 (Min Nan)
• 狠毒 (hěndú)
• 狠狠 (hěnhěn)
• 猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)
• 粗殘／粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 辣 (là)
• 酷烈 (kùliè)
• 野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán)
• 陰功／阴功 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
• 險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)
• 黑心 (hēixīn)

 

Verb

狠心

1. to make a decision; to be determined or resolved to do something

Synonyms

• 下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn)
• 下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
• 判決／判决 (pànjué)
• 定奪／定夺 (dìngduó)
• 扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
• 拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
• 決定／决定 (juédìng)
• 決心／决心 (juéxīn)
• 決意／决意 (juéyì)
• 決斷／决断 (juéduàn)
• 決計／决计 (juéjì)
• 滿意／满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)

 

Noun

狠心

1. determination; resolution; resoluteness

Synonyms

• 心志 (xīnzhì)
• 志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
• 意志 (yìzhì)
• 毅力 (yìlì)
• 決心／决心 (juéxīn)

 

Derived terms

• 狠心狼