歡心

Chinese

		joyous; happy; pleased	heart; mind
trad. (歡心)		歡	心
simp. (欢心)		欢	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huānxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fun¹ sam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fôn-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huānxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huansin
    • Wade–Giles: huan¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: hwān-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huanshin
    • Palladius: хуаньсинь (xuanʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 歡心／欢心 歡欣／欢欣

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fun¹ sam¹
    • Yale: fūn sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fun¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fun¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 寬心／宽心 歡心／欢心

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fôn-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: fon´ xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fon¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fon²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-sim
    • Tâi-lô: huan-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoansym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xwan sim

Rime
Character	歡	心
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼官切	息林切
Baxter	xwan	sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑn/	/siɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑn/	/sim/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑn/	/sjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwan/	/sim/
Li Rong	/xuɑn/	/siəm/
Wang Li	/xuɑn/	/sĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑn/	/si̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huān	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fun1	sam1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰˤar  səm/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoːn  slɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	歡	心
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huān	xīn
Middle Chinese	‹ xwan ›	‹ sim ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰˁar/	/*səm/
English	rejoice; joyous	heart
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歡	心
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4487	13801
Phonetic component	雚	心
Rime group	元	侵
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	歡	心
Old Chinese	/*qʰoːn/	/*slɯm/

Noun

歡心

1. liking; favour; love

   • 斯之來使，以奉秦王之歡心，願效便計，豈陛下所以逆賤臣者邪？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     斯之来使，以奉秦王之欢心，愿效便计，岂陛下所以逆贱臣者邪？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Sī zhī lái shǐ, yǐ fèng Qín wáng zhī huānxīn, yuàn xiào biànjì, qǐ bìxià suǒyǐ nì jiànchén zhě xié? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)