心眼

Chinese

		heart; mind	eye
simp. and trad. (心眼)		心	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ ngaan⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-ngién / sîm-ngián
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sim-gán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sim¹ ngang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-yen³
    • Yale: syīn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinyean
    • Palladius: синьянь (sinʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (心眼兒／心眼儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syīn-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinyeal
    • Palladius: синьяньр (sinʹjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: sām ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-ngién
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ ngien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ ngian³
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴ ŋi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-ngián
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ ngian^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ ngian³
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴ ŋi̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-gán
    • Tâi-lô: sim-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simgarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡan⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sim¹ ngang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sim ngáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³³⁻²³ ŋaŋ⁵²/

Noun

心眼

1. (literary) heart and eye
2. (figurative) mind; heart
3. (figurative) intention; intent
4. (figurative) intelligence; brains; wit; cleverness
5. (figurative) unfounded doubts; unnecessary misgivings
6. (figurative) tolerance; forbearance; open-mindedness

Derived terms

• 一個心眼兒／一个心眼儿 (yī gè xīnyǎnr)
• 使心眼兒／使心眼儿
• 倆心眼兒／俩心眼儿
• 實心眼／实心眼
• 小心眼 (xiǎoxīnyǎn)
• 小心眼兒／小心眼儿
• 少心眼
• 心眼兒／心眼儿 (xīnyǎnr)
• 擱心眼兒／搁心眼儿
• 故園心眼／故园心眼
• 有心眼兒／有心眼儿
• 死心眼兒／死心眼儿
• 沒心眼／没心眼
• 直心眼 (zhíxīnyǎn)
• 直心眼兒／直心眼儿
• 缺心眼 (quē xīnyǎn)
• 耍心眼
• 鬥心眼／斗心眼
• 鬧心眼兒／闹心眼儿

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
心	眼
しん Grade: 2	がん Grade: 5
on'yomi	kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんがん [shìńgáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

心(しん)眼(がん) • (shingan) ^{←しんがん (singan)?}

1. mind's eye

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
心	眼
しん Grade: 2	げん Grade: 5
on'yomi	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんげん [shìńgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

心(しん)眼(げん) • (shingen) ^{←しんげん (singen)?}

1. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. mind's eye

Korean

Hanja in this term
心	眼

Noun

心眼 • (siman) (hangeul 심안)

1. hanja form^? of 심안