操心

操心

Chinese

		to hold; to drill; to exercise to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (操心)		操	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāoxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹ sam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâu-sîm
• Min Nan (POJ): chhau-sim / chho͘-sim / chho-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cāoxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaushin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: cou¹ sam¹
    • Yale: chōu sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou¹ sem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 操心 粗心

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâu-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: cau´ xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cau¹ xim¹
    • IPA: /t͡sʰau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhau-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tshau-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhausym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ³³ ɕim³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhosym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ ɕim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tsho-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoisym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/

Verb

操心

1. to worry; to be concerned

   別操這些心啦。 / 别操这些心啦。  ―  Bié cāo zhèxiē xīn la.  ―  Don't worry about that.

   愛操心 / 爱操心  ―  àicāoxīn  ―  to be prone to worrying

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 憋腹

Descendants

• White Hmong: txhawj (“worry”), txhawj siab (“worry”)