揪心

Chinese

		to clutch	heart; mind
trad. (揪心)		揪	心
simp. #(揪心)		揪	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiūxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiu-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiūxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiousin
    • Wade–Giles: chiu¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: jyōu-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jioushin
    • Palladius: цзюсинь (czjusinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹ sam¹
    • Yale: jāu sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiu-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tsiu-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciusym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu³³ sim³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/

Verb

揪心

1. to be extremely worried; to be anxious

Synonyms

• 怕
• 急 (jí)
• 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
• 恐怕 (kǒngpà)
• 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 愁 (chóu)
• 憂心／忧心 (yōuxīn)
• 憂慮／忧虑 (yōulǜ)
• 懸心／悬心 (xuánxīn)
• 掛心／挂心 (guàxīn)
• 掛礙／挂碍 (guà'ài)
• 擔心／担心 (dānxīn)
• 擔憂／担忧 (dānyōu)
• 燒心／烧心 (shāoxīn) (regional or dated)
• 犯愁 (fànchóu)
• 疑慮／疑虑 (yílǜ)
• 發急／发急 (fājí)
• 發愁／发愁 (fāchóu)
• 發極／发极 (⁷faq ⁸jiq) (Wu)
• 著急／着急 (zháojí)
• 起急 (qǐjí) (colloquial)
• 顧慮／顾虑 (gùlǜ)

 

Adjective

揪心

1. heartrending; agonizing