狠心

Chinese

		ruthless; fierce; severe	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (狠心)		狠	心
anagram		心狠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hěnxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): han² sam¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hūn-sim / hún-sim / hīn-sim

(Teochew, Peng'im): hing² sim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hěnxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hěnsin
  - Wade–Giles: hên³-hsin¹
  - Yale: hěn-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heenshin
  - Palladius: хэньсинь (xɛnʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: han² sam¹
  - Yale: hán sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: han² sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hen² sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūn-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hūn-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huxnsym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun²²⁻²¹ ɕim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hún-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hwnsym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕim³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīn-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hīn-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hixnsym
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hin²²⁻²¹ ɕim⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hing² sim¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: híng sim
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sim³³/

Adjective

狠心

cruel; heartless; callous

Synonyms

Synonyms of 狠心

忍 (rěn) (literary)
暴力 (bàolì)
暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
暴虐 (bàonüè)
暴躁 (bàozào)
毒辣 (dúlà)
狠毒 (hěndú)
辣 (là)
酷烈 (kùliè)
陰功／阴功* (Cantonese)
黑心 (hēixīn)
凶暴 (xiōngbào)
兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
兇殘／凶残 (xiōngcán)
兇狠／凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
兇猛／凶猛 (xiōngměng)
兇險／凶险 (xiōngxiǎn)

厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù)
強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)
惡劣／恶劣 (èliè)
惡勢／恶势 (Min Nan)
惡毒／恶毒 (èdú)
慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
殘／残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds)
殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn)
殘暴／残暴 (cánbào)
殘酷／残酷 (cánkù)
烏心／乌心 (Min Nan)
猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)
粗殘／粗残 (Min Nan)
野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán)
險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)

Verb

狠心

to make a decision; to be determined or resolved to do something

Synonyms

Synonyms of 狠心

下老毛 (Xiang)
扚起心肝 (Cantonese)
拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn)
判決／判决 (pànjué)
定奪／定夺 (dìngduó)

決定／决定 (juédìng)
決心／决心 (juéxīn)
決意／决意 (juéyì)
決斷／决断 (juéduàn)
決計／决计 (juéjì)
滿意／满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)

Noun

狠心

determination; resolution; resoluteness

Synonyms

心志 (xīnzhì)
志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
意志 (yìzhì)

毅力 (yìlì)
決心／决心 (juéxīn)

Derived terms

狠心狼

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