心曲

Chinese

		heart; mind	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
simp. and trad. (心曲)		心	曲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnqū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ kuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sincyu
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chʻü¹
    • Yale: syīn-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinchiu
    • Palladius: синьцюй (sinʹcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ kuk¹
    • Yale: sām kūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ kuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ kug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵/

Noun

心曲

1. (literary) innermost being; mind
2. (literary) state of mind
3. (literary) something weighing on one's mind

Synonyms

• (innermost being):

• 內心／内心 (nèixīn)
• 寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
• 心上 (xīnshàng)
• 心中 (xīnzhōng)
• 心內／心内 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 心地 (xīndì)
• 心坎 (xīnkǎn)
• 心田 (xīntián)
• 心窩／心窝 (xīnwō) (figurative, poetic)
• 心窩子／心窝子 (xīnwōzi) (figurative, poetic)
• 心裡／心里 (xīnlǐ)
• 心頭／心头 (xīntóu)
• 心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
• 意下 (yìxià) (literary)
• 私心 (sīxīn)
• 肚子 (figurative)
• 肚裡／肚里 (dùlǐ)
• 肺肝 (fèigān) (literary)
• 胸 (xiōng)
• 胸中 (xiōngzhōng) (literary)
• 胸坎 (xiōngkǎn) (literary)
• 腹 (figurative)

 

• (state of mind):

• 心境 (xīnjìng)
• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 心情 (xīnqíng)
• 心意 (xīnyì)
• 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)

 

• (something weighing on one's mind):

• 心事 (xīnshì)
• 心結／心结 (xīnjié)
• 苦衷 (kǔzhōng)
• 衷曲 (zhōngqū) (literary)
• 隱衷／隐衷 (yǐnzhōng)