掌心

Chinese

		palm (of hand); in charge of	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (掌心)		掌	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎngxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² sam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chióng-sim / chiáng-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngsin
  - Wade–Giles: chang³-hsin¹
  - Yale: jǎng-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangshin
  - Palladius: чжансинь (čžansinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng² sam¹
  - Yale: jéung sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng² sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tsióng-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciofngsym
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕim³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tsiáng-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciafngsym
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕim⁴⁴/

Noun

掌心

hollow of one's palm
(figuratively) influence; sphere of control

Synonyms

手心 (shǒuxīn)
(Northern Min) 手底
(Xiang) 手板心

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