私心

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (私心)		私	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sīxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-sîm
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-sim / sir-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sīxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sihsin
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: sz̄-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshin
  - Palladius: сысинь (sysinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ sam¹
  - Yale: sī sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii´ xim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-sim
  - Tâi-lô: su-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: susym
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-sim
  - Tâi-lô: sir-sim
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ sim³³/

Noun

私心

selfish motive; selfishness
inner world; inner thoughts

Synonyms

(selfish motive):

個人利益／个人利益 (gèrén lìyì)
利己 (lìjǐ)
利己主義／利己主义 (lìjǐzhǔyì)
自利 (zìlì) (literary)
自我主義／自我主义 (zìwǒzhǔyì)

(heart):

內心／内心 (nèixīn)
寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
心上 (xīnshàng)
心中 (xīnzhōng)
心內／心内 (Hakka, Hokkien)
心地 (xīndì)
心坎 (xīnkǎn)
心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
心田 (xīntián)
心窩／心窝 (xīnwō) (figurative, poetic)
心窩子／心窝子 (xīnwōzi) (figurative, poetic)
心裡／心里 (xīnlǐ)
心頭／心头 (xīntóu)
心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
意下 (yìxià) (literary)
肚子 (figurative)
肚裡／肚里 (dùlǐ)
肺肝 (fèigān) (literary)
胸 (xiōng)
胸中 (xiōngzhōng) (literary)
胸坎 (xiōngkǎn) (literary)
腹 (figurative)

Derived terms

暗室私心
私心藏奸
私心話／私心话
私心雜念／私心杂念

Japanese

Kanji in this term
私	心
し Grade: 6	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕiɕĩɴ]

Noun

私(し)心(しん) • (shishin)

selfish motive; selfishness

Korean

Hanja in this term
私	心

Noun

私心 • (sasim) (hangeul 사심)

Hanja form^? of 사심 (“selfish motive; selfishness”).

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