心肝

心肝

Chinese

		heart; mind	liver
trad. (心肝)		心	肝
simp. #(心肝)		心	肝
Literally: “heart and liver”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ gon¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-kôn
• Min Dong (BUC): sĭng-găng
• Min Nan (POJ): sim-koaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singan
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kan¹
    • Yale: syīn-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingan
    • Palladius: синьгань (sinʹganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singanr
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kanrh¹
    • Yale: syīn-gānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingal
    • Palladius: синьгаnр (sinʹganr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ gon¹
    • Yale: sām gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim´ gon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕim²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng-găng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sim-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simkvoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕim³³ kuã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴/

Noun

心肝

1. (figurative) conscience
2. (figurative) sincere affection
3. (figurative) darling; honey; sweetheart
4. (figurative) character (mental and ethical traits)
5. (figurative, Min Nan, Min Dong) mind

   • 底你的心肝內，是不是還有我的存在？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     底你的心肝内，是不是还有我的存在？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 蘇打綠 (sodagreen), 無眠 (No Sleep)

     Tī lí ê sim-koaⁿ lāi, sī m̄ sī koh ū góa ê chûn-chāi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Do I still exist in your mind?

Synonyms

• (conscience): 良心 (liángxīn)
• (character): 心地 (xīndì), 心腸／心肠 (xīncháng)
• (darling):

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小心肝 (xiǎoxīngān) (figurative) 甜心 (tiánxīn) 可愛／可爱 (kě'ài) (colloquial) 圞心／𪢮心 (Xiang) 圞心蒂子／𪢮心蒂子 (Xiang)

寶寶／宝宝 (bǎobao) 寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi) 心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi) 親愛的／亲爱的 (qīn'ài de)

Derived terms

小心肝 (xiǎoxīngān) 心肝肉 槌心肝 水晶心肝玻璃人 玻璃心肝 全無心肝／全无心肝 別有心肝／别有心肝

壞心肝／坏心肝 心肝不託著五臟／心肝不托着五脏 心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi) 懷心肝／怀心肝 沒心肝／没心肝 烏心肝／乌心肝 鐵石心肝／铁石心肝

References

• “Entry #944”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	肝
しん Grade: 2	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) しんかん [shìńkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

心(しん)肝(かん) • (shinkan) 

1. (anatomy) heart as an organ of the body
2. heart as the center of emotion or thought

See also

• 肝心