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
Southern Min
(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): /xən²¹⁴⁻²¹ 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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūn-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hūn-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huxnsym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hún-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hwnsym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīn-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hīn-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hixnsym
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hin²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hing² sim¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: híng sim
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sim³³/

Adjective

狠心

cruel; heartless; callous

Synonyms

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)
凶暴 (xiōngbào)
厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù)
強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)
忍 (rěn) (literary)
惡勢／恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
惡毒／恶毒 (èdú)
惡狠狠／恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
暴力 (bàolì)
暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
暴虐 (bàonüè)
暴躁 (bàozào)
殘／残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds)
殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn)
殘暴／残暴 (cánbào)
殘酷／残酷 (cánkù)
毒辣 (dúlà)
烏心／乌心 (Min Nan)
狠毒 (hěndú)
狠狠 (hěnhěn)
猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)
粗殘／粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
辣 (là)
酷烈 (kùliè)
野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán)
陰功／阴功 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)
黑心 (hēixīn)

Verb

狠心

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

Synonyms

下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn)
下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
判決／判决 (pànjué)
定奪／定夺 (dìngduó)
扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
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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