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Definition 2024

私心

私心

Chinese

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

Noun

私心

self-interest

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sīxīn

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sīxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshin
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ sam¹
  - Yale: sī sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ sam¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii´ xim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ xim¹
  - IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-sim
  - Tâi-lô: su-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: susym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ ɕim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/