赤子之心

Chinese

		red child; newborn baby; neonate	's; him/her/it; this	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (赤子之心)		赤子	之	心
Literally: “heart of a newborn baby”.

Etymology

From Mencius [circa 4th century BC].

大人者，不失其赤子之心者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

Dàrén zhě, bùshī qí chìzǐzhīxīn zhě yě. [Pinyin]

A gentleman is that who do not lose the purity as an infant.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìzǐzhīxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄗˇ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cik³ zi² zi¹ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìzǐzhīxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄗˇ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhzǐhjhihsin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-tzŭ³-chih¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: chr̀-dž-jr̄-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhtzyyjyshin
    • Palladius: чицзычжисинь (čiczyčžisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cik³ zi² zi¹ sam¹
    • Yale: chik jí jī sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsik⁸ dzi² dzi¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qig³ ji² ji¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪk̚³ t͡siː³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

赤子之心

1. a pure heart