潛心

潛心

Chinese

		hidden; latent; secret hidden; latent; secret; to hide; to conceal; to submerge	heart; mind
trad. (潛心)		潛	心
simp. (潜心)		潜	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánxīn, qiǎnxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣ, ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim⁴ sam¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chiâm-sim / chhiàm-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiánxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiǎnxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheanshin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: chìhm sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim⁴ sem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâm-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tsiâm-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiam²⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiam²³⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiam²⁴⁻²² ɕim³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiam²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiam¹³⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàm-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tshiàm-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiarmsym
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiam²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiam¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕim⁴⁴/

Verb

潛心

1. to concentrate hard on; to devote oneself to; to be single-minded; to do something with great concentration