虔心

Chinese

		devout	heart; mind
trad. (虔心)		虔	心
simp. #(虔心)		虔	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qiánxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чянщин (či͡anxin, I-I)

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiân-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánsin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hsin¹
    • Yale: chyán-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshin
    • Palladius: цяньсинь (cjanʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 潛心／潜心 虔心

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чянщин (či͡anxin, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴ ɕiŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiân-sim
    • Tâi-lô: khiân-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiensym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛn²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gjen sim

Rime
Character	虔	心
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠焉切	息林切
Baxter	gjen	sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇn/	/siɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛn/	/sim/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæn/	/sjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gian/	/sim/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛn/	/siəm/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛn/	/sĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛn/	/si̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kin4	sam1

Adjective

虔心

1. devout

Synonyms

• 允 (Classical Chinese)
• 實在／实在
• 實誠／实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial)
• 悃誠／悃诚 (kǔnchéng) (literary)
• 慥慥 (zàozào) (literary)
• 懇切／恳切 (kěnqiè)
• 殷切 (yīnqiè)
• 熱誠／热诚 (rèchéng)
• 真心 (zhēnxīn)
• 真摯／真挚 (zhēnzhì)
• 真誠／真诚 (zhēnchéng)
• 老實／老实 (lǎoshí)
• 親切／亲切 (qīnqiè)
• 誠信／诚信 (chéngxìn)
• 誠實／诚实 (chéngshí)
• 誠心／诚心 (chéngxīn)
• 誠懇／诚恳 (chéngkěn)
• 誠摯／诚挚 (chéngzhì)
• 諄諄／谆谆 (zhūnzhūn) (of teaching)
• 赤忱 (chìchén) (literary)
• 赤誠／赤诚 (chìchéng)