良心

Chinese

		good; very; very much	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (良心)		良	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liángxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ sam¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liòng-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liông-sim / liâng-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángxīn → liángxin (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ → ㄌㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángsi̊n
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-hsin⁵
    • Yale: lyáng-syin
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang.shin
    • Palladius: лянсинь (ljansinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/ → /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕin³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: lèuhng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: liongˇ xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liong² xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-sim
    • Tâi-lô: liông-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongsym
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-sim
    • Tâi-lô: liâng-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liangsym
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/

Noun

良心

1. conscience

   沒良心／没良心  ―  méi liángxīn  ―  to have no conscience

   憑良心辦事／凭良心办事  ―  píng liángxīn bànshì  ―  to act according to one's conscience

Synonyms

• 人心 (rénxīn)
• 人性 (rénxìng)
• 天良 (tiānliáng)
• 本心 (běnxīn)
• 良知 (liángzhī)
• 靈魂／灵魂 (línghún)

 

Derived terms

• 天地良心
• 天理良心
• 憑良心說／凭良心说
• 昧良心
• 有良心
• 沒良心／没良心 (méiliángxīn)
• 沒良心的東西／没良心的东西
• 滅良心／灭良心
• 良心不安
• 良心投票 (liángxīn tóupiào)
• 良心未泯
• 良心犯 (liángxīnfàn)
• 良心發現／良心发现
• 良心話／良心话

 

Adjective

良心

1. conscientious

Japanese

Kanji in this term
良	心
りょう Grade: 4	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 良 (ryō, “good”) + 心 (shin, “heart”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りょ​ーしん [ryóꜜòshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːɕĩɴ]

• Homophone: 両親

Noun

良(りょう)心(しん) • (ryōshin) 

1. conscience

Derived terms

• 良心的(りょうしんてき) (ryōshinteki): upright, fair
• 非良心的(ひりょうしんてき) (hiryōshinteki): unscrupulous, dishonest

Idioms

• 良心(りょうしん)の呵責(かしゃく) (ryōshin no kashaku): pangs of conscience
• 良心(りょうしん)が咎(とが)める (ryōshin ga togameru): guilty conscience
• 良心(りょうしん)の囚人(しゅうじん) (ryōshin no shūjin): prisoner of conscience

Korean

Hanja in this term
良	心

Noun

良心 • (yangsim) (hangeul 양심)

1. Hanja form^? of 양심 (“conscience”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
良	心

Noun

良心

1. chữ Hán form of lương tâm (“conscience”).