死心

死心

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (死心)		死	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² sam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sí-sîm
• Min Nan (POJ): sí-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǐxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshin
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² sam¹
    • Yale: séi sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² sem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi` xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ xim¹
    • IPA: /ɕi³¹ ɕim²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-sim
    • Tâi-lô: sí-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sysym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/

Verb

死心

1. to give up on; to drop

   你就死了這條心吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   你就死了这条心吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ jiù sǐ le zhè tiáo xīn ba. [Pinyin]

   Just drop it.

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 煞心

Noun

死心

1. (literary) willingness and determination to serve till death

Derived terms

死心塌地 (sǐxīntādì)