從心所欲

Chinese

			actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish
trad. (從心所欲)		從心	所	欲
simp. (从心所欲)		从心	所	欲

Etymology

The Analects:

七十而從心所欲、不踰矩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

七十而从心所欲、不逾矩。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Qīshí ér cóng xīn suǒ yù, bù yú jǔ. [Pinyin]

At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cóngxīnsuǒyù

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ sam¹ so² juk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cóngxīnsuǒyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cóngsinsuǒyù
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-hsin¹-so³-yü⁴
  - Yale: tsúng-syīn-swǒ-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngshinsuooyuh
  - Palladius: цунсиньсоюй (cunsinʹsojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ swɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ sam¹ so² juk⁶
  - Yale: chùhng sām só yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ sam¹ so² juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ sem¹ so² yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ jʊk̚²/

Middle Chinese: /d͡zɨoŋ siɪm ʃɨʌ^X jɨok̚/

Rime
Character	從	心	所	欲
Reading #	1/3	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	心 (16)	生 (21)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	侵 (139)	魚 (22)	鍾 (8)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	疾容切	息林切	踈舉切	余蜀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨoŋ/	/siɪm/	/ʃɨʌ^X/	/jɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zioŋ/	/sim/	/ʃiɔ^X/	/jiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zioŋ/	/sjem/	/ʃiɔ^X/	/iok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zuawŋ/	/sim/	/ʂɨə̆^X/	/juawk̚/
Li Rong	/d͡zioŋ/	/siəm/	/ʃiɔ^X/	/iok̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭwoŋ/	/sĭĕm/	/ʃĭo^X/	/jĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯woŋ/	/si̯əm/	/ʂi̯wo^X/	/i̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cóng	xīn	shǔ	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung⁴	sam¹	so²	juk⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]oŋ səm

(Zhengzhang): /*zloŋ slɯm sqʰraʔ loɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	從	心
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cóng	xīn
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjowng ›	‹ sim ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]oŋ/	/*səm/
English	to follow	heart
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	從	心	所	欲
Reading #	2/3	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	1858	13801	5306	4303
Phonetic component	从	心	戸	谷
Rime group	東	侵	魚	屋
Rime subdivision	0	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	從	心	所	欲
Old Chinese	/*zloŋ/	/*slɯm/	/*sqʰraʔ/	/*loɡ/

Idiom

從心所欲

to follow what one's heart desires; to do as one likes; to act at one's pleasure
(literary) seventy years old

Synonyms

(to do as one likes): 隨心所欲／随心所欲 (suíxīnsuǒyù)
(seventy years old): 從心／从心

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