尋開心

尋開心

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	happy; delighted; to open up the mind happy; delighted; to open up the mind; to enlighten the mind
trad. (尋開心)		尋	開心
simp. (寻开心)		寻	开心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnkāixīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ hoi¹ sam¹
• Wu (Wiktionary): xxin khe xin (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xúnkāixīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunkaishin
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ hoi¹ sam¹
    • Yale: chàhm hōi sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ hoi¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ hoi¹ sem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xxin khe xin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ʑ̻ɪɲ²² kʰe̞⁵⁵ ɕɪɲ²¹/

Verb

尋開心

1. (colloquial) to do something to make oneself happy; to entertain oneself
2. (colloquial) to do something for a laugh; to laugh at (e.g. someone else's mistake)