心事

Chinese

		heart; mind	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (心事)		心	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-sṳ
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-sê̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sim-sū / sim-sīr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sim¹ se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: syīn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshyh
    • Palladius: синьши (sinʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: syīn-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshell
    • Palladius: синьшир (sinʹšir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ si⁶
    • Yale: sām sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim´ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng-sê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nøy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-sū
    • Tâi-lô: sim-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simsu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: sim-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sim¹ se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sim sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³³⁻²³ sɯ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sim tsriH|dzriH

Rime
Character	心	事	事
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	莊 (18)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	息林切	側吏切	鉏吏切
Baxter	sim	tsriH	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪm/	/t͡ʃɨH/	/d͡ʒɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/sim/	/ʈ͡ʂɨH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjem/	/t͡ʃieH/	/d͡ʒieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sim/	/ʈ͡ʂɨH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li Rong	/siəm/	/t͡ʃiəH/	/d͡ʒiəH/
Wang Li	/sĭĕm/	/t͡ʃĭəH/	/d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯əm/	/ʈ͡ʂiH/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīn	zhì	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam1	zi3	zi6

Noun

心事

1. something on one's mind; worry; vexation

Synonyms

• 心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
• 心結／心结 (xīnjié)
• 苦衷 (kǔzhōng)
• 衷曲 (zhōngqū) (literary)
• 隱衷／隐衷 (yǐnzhōng)