心事

Chinese

		heart; mind	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (心事)		心	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-sṳ
Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-sê̤ṳ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sim-sū / sim-sīr

(Teochew, Peng'im): sim¹ se⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinshìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: syīn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshyh
  - Palladius: синьши (sinʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄕˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinshìhr
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shih⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: syīn-shìr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshell
  - Palladius: синьшир (sinʹšir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ si⁶
  - Yale: sām sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng-sê̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nøy²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-sū
  - Tâi-lô: sim-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simsu
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: sim-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sim¹ se⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sim sṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³³⁻²³ sɯ¹¹/

Middle Chinese: sim tsriH|dzriH

Rime
Character	心	事	事
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	莊 (18)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	息林切	側吏切	鉏吏切
Baxter	sim	tsriH	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪm/	/t͡ʃɨ^H/	/d͡ʒɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/sim/	/ʈ͡ʂɨ^H/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sjem/	/t͡ʃie^H/	/d͡ʒie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sim/	/ʈ͡ʂɨ^H/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/
Li Rong	/siəm/	/t͡ʃiə^H/	/d͡ʒiə^H/
Wang Li	/sĭĕm/	/t͡ʃĭə^H/	/d͡ʒĭə^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯əm/	/ʈ͡ʂi^H/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīn	zhì	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam¹	zi³	zi⁶

Noun

心事

something on one's mind; worry; vexation

Synonyms

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心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
心結／心结 (xīnjié)
苦衷 (kǔzhōng)
衷曲 (zhōngqū) (literary)
隱衷／隐衷 (yǐnzhōng)