真心

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	heart; mind
trad. (真心/眞心)		真/眞	心
simp. (真心)		真	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-sîm
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chin-sim

(Teochew, Peng'im): zing¹ sim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhensin
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: jēn-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenshin
  - Palladius: чжэньсинь (čžɛnʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan¹ sam¹
  - Yale: jān sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin´ xim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tsin-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cinsym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin³³ ɕim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zing¹ sim¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsing sim
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ³³⁻²³ ɕim³³/

Noun

真心

sincerity

Synonyms

誠意／诚意 (chéngyì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (真心):

→ Korean: 진심(眞心) (jinsim)

Adjective

真心

sincere; true

Synonyms

允 (Classical Chinese)
實在／实在
實誠／实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial)
悃誠／悃诚 (kǔnchéng) (literary)
慥慥 (zàozào) (literary)
懇切／恳切 (kěnqiè)
殷切 (yīnqiè)
熱誠／热诚 (rèchéng)
真摯／真挚 (zhēnzhì)
真誠／真诚 (zhēnchéng)
老實／老实 (lǎoshí)
虔心 (qiánxīn)
親切／亲切 (qīnqiè)
誠信／诚信 (chéngxìn)
誠實／诚实 (chéngshí)
誠心／诚心 (chéngxīn)
誠懇／诚恳 (chéngkěn)
誠摯／诚挚 (chéngzhì)
諄諄／谆谆 (zhūnzhūn) (of teaching)
赤忱 (chìchén) (literary)
赤誠／赤诚 (chìchéng)

Derived terms

一片真心
真心實意／真心实意 (zhēnxīnshíyì)
真心話／真心话 (zhēnxīnhuà)
真心話大冒險／真心话大冒险 (zhēnxīnhuà dàmàoxiǎn)
真心誠意／真心诚意 (zhēnxīnchéngyì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	心
ま Grade: 3	こころ > ごころ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
眞心 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 真 (ma, “true”) + 心 (kokoro, “heart”). The kokoro changes to gokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まごころ [màgóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ma̠ɡo̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

真(ま)心(ごころ) • (magokoro)

sincerity, true heart

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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