居心

居心

Chinese

		reside	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (居心)		居	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ sam¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ku-sim / ki-sim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge¹ sim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyusin
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: jyū-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiushin
    • Palladius: цзюйсинь (czjujsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ sam¹
    • Yale: gēui sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-sim
    • Tâi-lô: ku-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kusym
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-sim
    • Tâi-lô: ki-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kisym
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge¹ sim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ sim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³³⁻²³ sim³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɨʌ  siɪm/

Rime
Character	居	心
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	九魚切	息林切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌ/	/siɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔ/	/sim/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔ/	/sjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆/	/sim/
Li Rong	/kiɔ/	/siəm/
Wang Li	/kĭo/	/sĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯wo/	/si̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi1	sam1

Verb

居心

1. to harbour (malicious) intentions

Synonyms

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存心 (cúnxīn) 宅心 (zháixīn)

用心 (yòngxīn)

Derived terms

居心不良 (jūxīnbùliáng) 別有居心／别有居心

居心叵測／居心叵测 (jūxīnpǒcè) 居心無愧／居心无愧