心中

Chinese

		heart; mind	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (心中)		心	中
anagram		中心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ zung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sîm-chûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): xim¹ zung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-tiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinjhong
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chung¹
  - Yale: syīn-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinjong
  - Palladius: синьчжун (sinʹčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ zung¹
  - Yale: sām jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ zung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xim¹ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sim⁴⁴ t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: sim-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simdiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

心中

in one's mind; in one's heart
心中暗喜 ― xīnzhōng ànxǐ ― to be secretly delighted

Synonyms

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內心／内心 (nèixīn)
寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
心上 (xīnshàng)
心內／心内 (Hakka, Hokkien)
心地 (xīndì)
心坎 (xīnkǎn)
心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
心田 (xīntián)
心窩／心窝 (xīnwō) (figurative, poetic)
心窩子／心窝子 (xīnwōzi) (figurative, poetic)
心裡／心里 (xīnlǐ)
心頭／心头 (xīntóu)
心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
意下 (yìxià) (literary)
私心 (sīxīn)
肚子 (figurative)
肚裡／肚里 (dùlǐ)
肺肝 (fèigān) (literary)
胸 (xiōng)
胸中 (xiōngzhōng) (literary)
胸坎 (xiōngkǎn) (literary)
腹 (figurative)

Derived terms

心中有數／心中有数 (xīnzhōngyǒushù)
心中有鬼 (xīnzhōngyǒuguǐ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

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Shinjū

Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
心	中
しん Grade: 2	ちゅう > じゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

From 心 (shin, “heart, mind, spirit”) +‎ 中 (-jū, “center;throughout”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんじゅう (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

心(しん)中(じゅう) • (shinjū) ^{←しんぢゆう (sindyuu)^?}

lovers' suicide, double suicide
Synonym: 情死 (jōshi)
group suicide, collective suicide
(figurative) sharing a common fate with someone or something

Derived terms

心中(しんじゅう)尽(ず)く (shinjū-zuku)
心中(しんじゅう)立(だ)て (shinjū-date)
心中(しんじゅう)箱(ばこ) (shinjū-bako)
心中(しんじゅう)者(もの) (shinjū-mono)
心中(しんじゅう)善(よ)し (shinjū-yoshi)
抱(だき)合(あ)い心中(しんじゅう), 抱(だ)き合(あ)い心中(しんじゅう) (dakiai shinjū)
跡追(あとお)い心中(しんじゅう), 後追(あとお)い心中(しんじゅう) (atooi shinjū, “suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover”)
一家心中(いっかしんじゅう) (ikka shinjū, “family suicide”)
合意心中(ごういしんじゅう) (gōi shinjū, “double suicide”)
ネット心中(しんじゅう) (netto shinjū)
不心中(ぶしんじゅう) (bushinjū)
無理心中(むりしんじゅう) (muri shinjū, “forced double suicide”)

Verb

心(しん)中(じゅう)する • (shinjū suru) ^{←しんぢゆう (sindyuu)^?}suru (stem 心(しん)中(じゅう)し (shinjū shi), past 心(しん)中(じゅう)した (shinjū shita))

to commit a double suicide, to commit a lover's suicide
to commit a group suicide
(figurative) to share a common fate with someone or something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "心中する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	心中し	しんじゅうし	shinjū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	心中し	しんじゅうし	shinjū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	心中する	しんじゅうする	shinjū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	心中する	しんじゅうする	shinjū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	心中すれ	しんじゅうすれ	shinjū sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	心中せよ¹ 心中しろ²	しんじゅうせよ¹ しんじゅうしろ²	shinjū seyo¹ shinjū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	心中される	しんじゅうされる	shinjū sareru
Causative	心中させる心中さす	しんじゅうさせるしんじゅうさす	shinjū saseru shinjū sasu
Potential	心中できる	しんじゅうできる	shinjū dekiru
Volitional	心中しよう	しんじゅうしよう	shinjū shiyō
Negative	心中しない	しんじゅうしない	shinjū shinai
Negative continuative	心中せず	しんじゅうせず	shinjū sezu
Formal	心中します	しんじゅうします	shinjū shimasu
Perfective	心中した	しんじゅうした	shinjū shita
Conjunctive	心中して	しんじゅうして	shinjū shite
Hypothetical conditional	心中すれば	しんじゅうすれば	shinjū sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
心	中
しん Grade: 2	ちゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 心中 (MC sim trjuwng, literally “heart + center, middle, within”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんちゅう (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) しんちゅう (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

心(しん)中(ちゅう) • (shinchū)

one's heart, mind, true motives
Synonyms: 胸中 (kyōchū); 中情 (chūjō); 肚裏, 肚裡 (tori); 内心 (naishin)

Proverbs

山中(さんちゅう)の賊(ぞく)を破(やぶ)るは易(やす)く心中(しんちゅう)の賊(ぞく)を破(やぶ)るは難(かた)し (sanchū no zoku o yaburu wa yasuku shinchū no zoku o yaburu wa katashi)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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心中

Contents

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Verb

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Proverbs

References

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