Definify.com

Definition 2025

心願

心願

See also: 心愿

Chinese

		heart; mind	hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing
trad. (心願)		心	願
simp. (心愿)		心	愿

Noun

心願

aspiration; cherished desire; dream; wish

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	願
しん Grade: 2	がん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

心願 ‎(hiragana しんがん, romaji shingan)

heartfelt prayer
sincere wish

Synonyms

(prayer): 祈 (いの)り ‎(inori), 祈念 (きねん) ‎(kinen), 祈願 (きがん) ‎(kigan)
(wish): 希望 (きぼう) ‎(kibō), 願望 (がんぼう) ‎(ganbō)

References

2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīnyuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ jyun⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-ngien / sîm-ngian
Min Nan (POJ): sim-goān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīnyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄩㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinyuann
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ jyun⁶
  - Yale: sām yuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ jyn⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-ngien
  - Hakka Romanization System: xim´ ngien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ ngian⁴
  - IPA: /ɕim²⁴⁻¹¹ ɲi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-ngian
  - Hakka Romanization System: xim´ ngian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ ngian⁴
  - IPA: /ɕim²⁴⁻¹¹ ɲi̯an⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-goān
  - Tâi-lô: sim-guān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simgoan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² guan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕim³³ guan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² guan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ guan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ guan³³/