狠心

狠心

Chinese

		ruthless; fierce; severe	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (狠心)		狠	心
anagram		心狠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hěnxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): han² sam¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hūn-sim / hún-sim / hīn-sim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hing² sim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hěnxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hěnsin
    • Wade–Giles: hên³-hsin¹
    • Yale: hěn-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heenshin
    • Palladius: хэньсинь (xɛnʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: han² sam¹
    • Yale: hán sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: han² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hen² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūn-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hūn-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huxnsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun²²⁻²¹ ɕim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hún-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwnsym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīn-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hīn-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hixnsym
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hin²²⁻²¹ ɕim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hing² sim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: híng sim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sim³³/

Adjective

狠心

1. cruel; heartless; callous

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 狠心

暴力 (bàolì) 暴戾 (bàolì) (literary) 暴虐 (bàonüè) 暴躁 (bàozào) 毒辣 (dúlà) 狠毒 (hěndú) 酷烈 (kùliè) 陰功／阴功 (Cantonese) 黑心 (hēixīn) 凶暴 (xiōngbào) 兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è) 兇殘／凶残 (xiōngcán) 兇狠／凶狠 (xiōnghěn) 兇猛／凶猛 (xiōngměng) 兇險／凶险 (xiōngxiǎn) 厲害／厉害 (lìhài)

嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù) 強暴／强暴 (qiángbào) 惡劣／恶劣 (èliè) 惡勢／恶势 (Min Nan) 惡毒／恶毒 (èdú) 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds) 殘／残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds) 殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn) 殘暴／残暴 (cánbào) 殘酷／残酷 (cánkù) 烏心／乌心 (Min Nan) 猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng) 粗殘／粗残 (Min Nan) 野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán) 險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)

Verb

狠心

1. to make a decision; to be determined or resolved to do something

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 狠心

下老毛 (Xiang) 扚起心肝 (Cantonese) 拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative) 下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn) 判決／判决 (pànjué) 定奪／定夺 (dìngduó)

決定／决定 (juédìng) 決心／决心 (juéxīn) 決意／决意 (juéyì) 決斷／决断 (juéduàn) 決計／决计 (juéjì) 滿意／满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)

Noun

狠心

1. determination; resolution; resoluteness

Synonyms

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心志 (xīnzhì) 志意 (zhìyì) (literary) 意志 (yìzhì)

毅力 (yìlì) 決心／决心 (juéxīn)

Derived terms

狠心狼