冷心

Chinese

		cold	heart; mind
trad. (冷心)		冷	心
simp. #(冷心)		冷	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lâng-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): léng-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngsin
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-hsin¹
    • Yale: lěng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengshin
    • Palladius: лэнсинь (lɛnsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lâng-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang´ xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-sim
    • Tâi-lô: líng-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefngsym
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

Verb

冷⫽心 (verb-object)

1. to lose heart; to feel disillusioned and apathetic; to have one's heart grow cold
   • 2002, “啥事你冷心倒退”, 陳基甸 (lyrics), 范繼宗 (music)‎^[1]performed by 天韻合唱團 [Heavenly Melody]:

     啥事你冷心倒退　啥事你來離開天父 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     啥事你冷心倒退　啥事你来离开天父 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     siáⁿ-sū lí léng-sim tó-thè, siáⁿ-sū lí lâi lī-khui Thiⁿ-pē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Why are you growing cold and backsliding? Why are you leaving the Heavenly Father?