忠心

Chinese

		loyal	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (忠心)		忠	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ sam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsin
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: jūng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshin
    • Palladius: чжунсинь (čžunsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 中心 忠心 衷心

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung¹ sam¹
    • Yale: jūng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 中心 忠心 衷心

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Noun

忠心

1. loyalty; devotion

Synonyms

• 忠誠／忠诚 (zhōngchéng)

Derived terms

• 忠心耿耿 (zhōngxīngěnggěng)

 

Related terms

• 順從／顺从 (shùncóng)
• 忠實／忠实 (zhōngshí)
• 忠順／忠顺 (zhōngshùn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (忠心):

• → Japanese: 忠心(ちゅうしん) (chūshin)
• → Korean: 충심(忠心) (chungsim)