玻璃心

Chinese

		glass	heart; mind
trad. (玻璃心)		玻璃	心
simp. ^#(玻璃心)		玻璃	心
Literally: “glass heart”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōlixīn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ˙ㄌㄧㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ lei^4-1 sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōlixīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ˙ㄌㄧㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: boli̊sin
  - Wade–Giles: po¹-li⁵-hsin¹
  - Yale: bwō-li-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo.lishin
  - Palladius: болисинь (bolisinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ⁵⁵ li² ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bo¹ lei^4-1 sam¹
  - Yale: bō lēi sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ lei^4-1 sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ léi^4-1 sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²¹⁻⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

玻璃心

(neologism, slang) person whose feelings are easily hurt; emotionally vulnerable person
為什麼我們製造出玻璃心世代？ [MSC, trad.]
为什么我们制造出玻璃心世代？ [MSC, simp.]
Wèishénme wǒmen zhìzào chū bōlíxīn shìdài? [Pinyin]
Why do we create an emotionally vulnerable generation? (One of the book titles of The Coddling of the American Mind in Chinese)
- 2021, Namewee (lyrics), “Fragile / 玻璃心 (bōlixīn)”, performed by Namewee, Kimberley Chen:
  
  對不起傷害了你　傷了你的感情　我聽見有個聲音　是玻璃心碎一地 [MSC, trad.]
  对不起伤害了你　伤了你的感情　我听见有个声音　是玻璃心碎一地 [MSC, simp.]
  duìbùqǐ shānghài le nǐ, shāng le nǐ de gǎnqíng, wǒ tīngjiàn yǒuge shēngyīn, shì bōlíxīn suì yīdì [Pinyin]
  Pardon me for offending, hurting you of your feeling. Oh I hear a sound, Fragile self-esteem has broken into pieces.

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