心骨

Chinese

		heart; mind	bone
trad. (心骨)		心	骨
simp. #(心骨)		心	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-ku³
    • Yale: syīn-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinguu
    • Palladius: синьгу (sinʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

心骨

1. (literary) heart; innermost being
2. (literary) aspiration; ambition; spirit; backbone; resolve

Synonyms

• (heart):

• 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)
• 心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
• 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)
• 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)

 

• (aspiration):

• 壯志／壮志 (zhuàngzhì) (great ambitions)
• 夢寐／梦寐 (mèngmèi) (literary)
• 夢想／梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
• 心志 (xīnzhì)
• 志事 (zhìshì) (literary)
• 志向 (zhìxiàng)
• 志氣／志气 (zhìqì)
• 懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
• 抱負／抱负 (bàofù)
• 權欲／权欲 (quányù) (derogatory, lust for power)
• 理想 (lǐxiǎng)
• 職志／职志 (zhízhì)
• 野心 (yěxīn) (wild ambition)
• 雄心 (xióngxīn) (great ambitions)

 

Derived terms

• 主心骨 (zhǔxīngǔ)