強心針

強心針

Chinese

		to strengthen the function of the heart; to be inotropic	needle; pin; injection
trad. (強心針)		強心	針
simp. (强心针)		强心	针

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiángxīnzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁴ sam¹ zam¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kiông-sim-chiam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiángxīnzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangshinjen
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: koeng⁴ sam¹ zam¹
    • Yale: kèuhng sām jām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁴ sam¹ dzam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁴ sem¹ zem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiông-sim-chiam
    • Tâi-lô: kiông-sim-tsiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiongsimciafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕim³³ t͡ɕiam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ²³⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/

Noun

強心針

1. (medicine) injection of inotropic agents (to increase cardiac output)
2. (figuratively) shot in the arm; energy or morale booster