鐵石心腸

鐵石心腸

See also: 铁石心肠

Chinese

		iron	rock; stone; 10 pecks	heart; mind	intestines
trad. (鐵石心腸)		鐵	石	心	腸
simp. (铁石心肠)		铁	石	心	肠
Literally: “iron and stone-made heart and intestines”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiěshíxīncháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄕˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ sek⁶ sam¹ coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiěshíxīncháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄕˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiieshyshincharng
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ sek⁶ sam¹ coeng⁴
    • Yale: tit sehk sām chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ sek⁹ sam¹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ ség⁶ sem¹ cêng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ sɛːk̚² sɐm⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹/

Idiom

鐵石心腸

1. stone-hearted; unmoved