機心

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Chinese

machine; opportunity; secret heart; mind
trad. (機心)
simp. (机心)
anagram 心機心机

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (16)
Final () (20) (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter kj+j sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨi/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɨi/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiəi/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨj/ /sim/
Li
Rong
/kiəi/ /siəm/
Wang
Li
/kĭəi/ /sĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ke̯i/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei1 sam1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xīn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjɨj › ‹ sim ›
Old
Chinese
/*kəj/ /*səm/
English mechanism heart

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5788 13801
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯl/ /*slɯm/

Noun

機心

  1. (literary or Cantonese) diabolical scheme; cunning idea