心中

Chinese

heart; mind
 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad.
(心中)
anagram 中心

Pronunciation


Noun

心中

  1. in one's mind; in one's heart
    心中暗喜   xīnzhōng ànxǐ   to be secretly delighted

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
ちゅう > じゅう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From (shin, heart, mind, spirit) + (-jū, center;throughout). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじゅう [shìńjúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝː]

Noun

(しん)(じゅう) • (shinjū) しんぢゆう (sindyuu)?

  1. lovers' suicide, double suicide
    Synonym: 情死 (jōshi)
  2. group suicide, collective suicide
  3. (figurative) sharing a common fate with someone or something
Derived terms

Verb

(しん)(じゅう)する • (shinjū suru) しんぢゆう (sindyuu)?suru (stem (しん)(じゅう) (shinjū shi), past (しん)(じゅう)した (shinjū shita))

  1. to commit a double suicide, to commit a lover's suicide
  2. to commit a group suicide
  3. (figurative) to share a common fate with someone or something
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
ちゅう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 心中 (MC sim trjuwng, literally “heart + center, middle, within”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

(しん)(ちゅう) • (shinchū) 

  1. one's heart, mind, true motives
    Synonyms: 胸中 (kyōchū); 中情 (chūjō); 肚裏, 肚裡 (tori); 内心 (naishin)
Proverbs
  • 山中(さんちゅう)(ぞく)(やぶ)るは(やす)心中(しんちゅう)(ぞく)(やぶ)るは(かた) (sanchū no zoku o yaburu wa yasuku shinchū no zoku o yaburu wa katashi)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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