衷心

Chinese

		inner feelings	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (衷心)		衷	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ sam¹, zung¹ sam¹
Min Nan (POJ): thiong-sim / tiong-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsin
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: jūng-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshin
  - Palladius: чжунсинь (čžunsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中心
    忠心
    衷心
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cung¹ sam¹, zung¹ sam¹
  - Yale: chūng sām, jūng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ sam¹, dzung¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ sem¹, zung¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中心
    忠心
    衷心
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiong-sim
  - Tâi-lô: thiong-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiongsym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔŋ³³ ɕim³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ɕim³³/

Middle Chinese: /ʈɨuŋ|ʈɨuŋ^H siɪm/

Rime
Character	衷	衷	心
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	知 (9)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	東 (2)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	陟弓切	陟仲切	息林切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/ʈɨuŋ^H/	/siɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/ʈiuŋ^H/	/sim/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/ȶiuŋ^H/	/sjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/ʈuwŋ^H/	/sim/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/ȶiuŋ^H/	/siəm/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/ȶĭuŋ^H/	/sĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/ȶi̯uŋ^H/	/si̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	zhòng	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung¹	zung³	sam¹

Adjective

衷心

from the heart; heartfelt; sincere; deep; genuine; wholehearted
- 我衷心地謝謝你　讓我忘卻煩惱和憂鬱 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  我衷心地谢谢你　让我忘却烦恼和忧郁 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  From: “You and Me”, lyrics by Lin Huangkun, original music “Spring in the North” (1977) by Minoru Endō, sung by Teresa Teng
  wǒ zhōngxīn di xièxiè nǐ, ràng wǒ wàngquè fánnǎo hé yōuyù [Pinyin]
  I sincerely thank you for letting me forget my worries and gloom.

Synonyms

深切 (shēnqiè)

由衷 (yóuzhōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (衷心):

→ Japanese: 衷(ちゅう)心(しん) (chūshin)
→ Korean: 충심(衷心) (chungsim)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衷	心
ちゅう Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 衷心 (MC ʈɨuŋ|ʈɨuŋ^H siɪm).

First cited to a text from 1382.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうしん [chùúshíń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɕĩɴ]

Noun

衷(ちゅう)心(しん) • (chūshin)

[from 1382] one's heart, innermost feelings
衷(ちゅう)心(しん)よりお悔(くや)み申(もう)し上(あ)げます
chūshin yori o-kuyami mōshiagemasu
Let me express my deepest condolences.

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
衷	心

Noun

衷心 • (chungsim) (hangeul 충심)

Hanja form^? of 충심.

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