私心

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (私心)		私	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sīxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-sîm
Min Nan (POJ): su-sim / sir-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sīxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sihsin
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: sz̄-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshin
  - Palladius: сысинь (sysinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ sam¹
  - Yale: sī sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii´ xim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-sim
  - Tâi-lô: su-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: susym
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-sim
  - Tâi-lô: sir-sim
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ ɕim³³/

Noun

私心

selfish motive; selfishness
inner world; inner thoughts

Synonyms

(selfish motive):

個人利益／个人利益 (gèrén lìyì)
利己 (lìjǐ)
自利 (zìlì) (literary)

利己主義／利己主义 (lìjǐzhǔyì)
自我主義／自我主义 (zìwǒzhǔyì)

(heart):

Synonyms of 私心

寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
心上 (xīnshàng)
心中 (xīnzhōng)
心地 (xīndì)
心坎 (xīnkǎn)
心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
心田 (xīntián)
心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
意下 (yìxià) (literary)
肚子 (dùzi) (figurative)
肺肝 (fèigān) (literary)

胸 (xiōng)
胸中 (xiōngzhōng) (literary)
胸坎 (xiōngkǎn) (literary)
內心／内心 (nèixīn)
心內／心内 (Hakka, Min Nan)
心窩／心窝 (xīnwō) (figurative, poetic)
心窩子／心窝子 (xīnwōzi) (figurative, poetic)
心裡／心里 (xīnlǐ)
心頭／心头 (xīntóu)
肚裡／肚里 (dùlǐ)

Derived terms

暗室私心
私心藏奸

私心話／私心话
私心雜念／私心杂念

Japanese

Kanji in this term
私	心
し Grade: 6	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕiɕĩɴ]

Noun

私(し)心(しん) • (shishin)

selfish motive; selfishness

Korean

Hanja in this term
私	心

Noun

私心 • (sasim) (hangeul 사심)

Hanja form^? of 사심 (“selfish motive; selfishness”).

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