婆心

Chinese

		grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (婆心)		婆	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): póxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po⁴ sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: póxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: porshin
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pósin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰwɔ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: po⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: pòh sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: po⁴ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

婆心

(literary) kind-heartedness; kindness

Derived terms

一片婆心

苦口婆心 (kǔkǒupóxīn)

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