心跳

Chinese

		heart; mind	jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat
simp. and trad. (心跳)		心	跳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīntiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ tiu³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-thiau
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sim-thiàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sim¹ tiou³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shin-thiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīntiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sintiào
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-tʻiao⁴
    • Yale: syīn-tyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shintiaw
    • Palladius: синьтяо (sinʹtjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ tiu³
    • Yale: sām tiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ tiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ tiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-thiau
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim´ tiau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ tiau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯au̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-thiàu
    • Tâi-lô: sim-thiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simtiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ tʰiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sim¹ tiou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sim thiòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³³⁻²³ tʰiou²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹shin-thiau
    • MiniDict: shin^平 thiau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-thiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ tʰiɔ²¹/

Verb

心跳

1. (of the heart) to beat; to palpitate

   無呼吸心跳／无呼吸心跳  ―  wú hūxī xīntiào  ―  to have no breathing or heartbeat

   頭暈心跳／头晕心跳 [Cantonese]  ―  tau⁴ wan⁴ sam¹ tiu³ [Jyutping]  ―  to experience dizziness and palpitations

   • 又一回偶然議論起一個不好的人，他便說不但該殺，還當食肉寢皮。我那時年紀還小，心跳了好半天。 [MSC, trad.]
     又一回偶然议论起一个不好的人，他便说不但该杀，还当食肉寝皮。我那时年纪还小，心跳了好半天。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1918, Lu Xun, 狂人日記（A Madman's Diary), translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang

     Yòu yīhuí ǒurán yìlùn qǐ yī ge bùhǎo de rén, tā biàn shuō bùdàn gāi shā, hái dāng shíròuqǐnpí. Wǒ nàshí niánjì hái xiǎo, xīntiào le hǎo bàntiān. [Pinyin]

     And once in discussing a bad man, he said that not only did he deserve to be killed, he should "have his flesh eaten and his hide slept on…" I was still young then, and my heart beat faster for some time.

Synonyms

• 心動／心动 (xīndòng)
• 心悸 (xīnjì) (to have palpitations)
• 怔忡 (zhēngchōng) (TCM, to have palpitations)

 

Derived terms

• 心跳停止 (xīntiào tíngzhǐ)
• 心跳過緩／心跳过缓 (xīntiào guòhuǎn)
• 心跳過速／心跳过速 (xīntiào guòsù)
• 玩心跳 (wán xīntiào)

 

Related terms

• 心律 (xīnlǜ)
• 心率 (xīnlǜ)