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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
用心
- intention; motive
Synonyms
- 企圖/企图 (qǐtú)
- 心思 (xīnsī)
- 心意 (xīnyì)
- 心田 (xīntián)
- 意向 (yìxiàng)
- 意圖/意图 (yìtú)
- 意旨 (yìzhǐ)
- 懷抱/怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
- 打算 (dǎsuàn)
- 旨意 (zhǐyì)
- 用意 (yòngyì)
- 𥓍 (Hokkien)
- 粒積/粒积 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 腸肚/肠肚 (chángdù)
Verb
用⫽心 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to be diligent; to be attentive; to be careful
- to harbour (malicious) intentions
Synonyms
- 上心 (shàngxīn)
- 專心/专心 (zhuānxīn)
- 專注 (zhuānzhù)
- 敬 (jìng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 沉潛/沉潜 (chénqián)
- 潛心/潜心 (qiánxīn)
- 走心 (zǒuxīn)
- 存心 (cúnxīn)
- 宅心 (zháixīn)
- 居心 (jūxīn)
Adverb
用心
- diligently; attentively; carefully
Synonyms
- 一心 (yīxīn)
- 入心 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 全心 (quánxīn)
- 悉心 (xīxīn)
- 殫心/殚心 (dānxīn) (literary)
- 盡心/尽心 (jìnxīn)
- 經心/经心 (jīngxīn)
Derived terms
References
Japanese
Noun
用心 • (yōjin)
- care
- caution
Verb
用心する • (yōjin suru) suru (stem 用心し (yōjin shi), past 用心した (yōjin shita))
- to be careful
- 1951, 宮本百合子, お久美さんと其の周囲:
- 私共で用心するばっかりだわ。
- Watashi-domo de yōjin suru bakkari da wa.
- My, aren't we the careful ones!
- to be cautious
- 1930, 浜尾四郎, 彼は誰を殺したか:
- 現に中条自身も危いのでずい分用心して歩いているのだ。
- genni Nakajō jishin mo abunai node zuibun yōjin shite aruiteiru no da.
- Nakajō himself was actually in danger so was really walking with his guard up.
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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用心し
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ようじんし
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yōjin shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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用心し
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ようじんし
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yōjin shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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用心する
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ようじんする
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yōjin suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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用心する
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ようじんする
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yōjin suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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用心すれ
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ようじんすれ
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yōjin sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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用心せよ¹ 用心しろ²
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ようじんせよ¹ ようじんしろ²
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yōjin seyo¹ yōjin shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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用心される
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ようじんされる
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yōjin sareru
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Causative
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用心させる 用心さす
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ようじんさせる ようじんさす
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yōjin saseru yōjin sasu
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Potential
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用心できる
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ようじんできる
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yōjin dekiru
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Volitional
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用心しよう
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ようじんしよう
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yōjin shiyō
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Negative
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用心しない
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ようじんしない
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yōjin shinai
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Negative continuative
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用心せず
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ようじんせず
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yōjin sezu
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Formal
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用心します
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ようじんします
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yōjin shimasu
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Perfective
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用心した
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ようじんした
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yōjin shita
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Conjunctive
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用心して
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ようじんして
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yōjin shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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用心すれば
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ようじんすれば
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yōjin sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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