心境

Chinese

		heart; mind	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
simp. and trad. (心境)		心	境

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ ging²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-kéng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shin-cin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinjìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-ching⁴
    • Yale: syīn-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinjinq
    • Palladius: синьцзин (sinʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ ging²
    • Yale: sām gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: sim-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simkeang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shin-cin
    • MiniDict: shin^平 cin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹/

Noun

心境

1. state of mind; mood; mind

   心境平和  ―  xīnjìng pínghé  ―  peace of mind

Synonyms

• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 心情 (xīnqíng)
• 心意 (xīnyì)
• 心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
• 心神 (xīnshén)
• 心緒／心绪 (xīnxù)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思緒／思绪 (sīxù)
• 情懷／情怀 (qínghuái)
• 情緒／情绪 (qíngxù)
• 懷／怀 (huái) (figurative)
• 腸／肠 (cháng) (figurative)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	境
しん Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From 心 (shin, “heart”) + 境 (kyō, “situation”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんきょー [shìńkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

心(しん)境(きょう) • (shinkyō) 

1. frame of mind, mental attitude, mental state