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Definition 2024

好心

好心

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (好心)		好	心

Noun

好心

goodheartedness; kindness

Adjective

好心

goodhearted; kind

Adverb

好心

(Cantonese) for goodness' sake

你好心食完飯先至打機啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]

你好心食完饭先至打机啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

Nei⁵hou² sam¹ sik⁶ jyun⁴ faan⁶ sin¹ zi³ daa² gei¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]

For goodness' sake, finish eating before you play video games!

Derived terms

好心人 (hǎoxīnrén)

好心沒好報／好心没好报 (hǎoxīn méi hǎobào)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hǎoxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-sîm
Min Nan (POJ): hó-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎoxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshin
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² sam¹
  - Yale: hóu sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² sam¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho` xim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ xim¹
  - IPA: /ho³¹ ɕim²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hó-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoysym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/