心曠神怡

Chinese

		heart; mind	waste; wilderness	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	harmony; pleased
trad. (心曠神怡)		心	曠	神	怡
simp. (心旷神怡)		心	旷	神	怡

Etymology

From Yueyang Lou Ji by 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan):

登斯樓也，則有心曠神怡，寵辱皆忘，把酒臨風，其喜洋洋者矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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登斯楼也，则有心旷神怡，宠辱皆忘，把酒临风，其喜洋洋者矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 1046, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記

Dēng sī lóu yě, zé yǒu xīnkuàngshényí, chǒngrǔ jiē wàng, bǎjiǔ lín fēng, qí xǐyángyáng zhě yǐ. [Pinyin]

When one ascends to the tower at this time, he feels carefree and joyous, and forgets all his honor and disgrace; to hold the alcohol against the wind, how joyful is that?

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnkuàngshényí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ kwong³ san⁴ ji⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-khòng-sîn-î

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkuàngshényí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinkuàngshényí
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kʻuang⁴-shên²-i²
    • Yale: syīn-kwàng-shén-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkuanqshernyi
    • Palladius: синькуаншэньи (sinʹkuanšɛnʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂən³⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ kwong³ san⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: sām kwong sàhn yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ kwong³ san⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ kuong³ sen⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kʷʰɔːŋ³³ sɐn²¹ jiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-khòng-sîn-î
    • Tâi-lô: sim-khòng-sîn-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simqorngsin'ii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sin²⁴⁻²² i²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin²⁴⁻²² i²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sin¹³⁻²² i¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sin²³⁻³³ i²³/

Idiom

心曠神怡

1. carefree and joyous; relaxed and happy