心肝

Chinese

	heart; mind	liver
trad. (心肝)	心	肝
simp. ^#(心肝)	心	肝
Literally: “heart and liver”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīngān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄍㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ gon¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-kôn
Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-găng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-koaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīngān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄍㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: singan
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kan¹
  - Yale: syīn-gān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingan
  - Palladius: синьгань (sinʹganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    心甘
    心肝
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīngānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄍㄢㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: singanr
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kan¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: syīn-gānr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingal
  - Palladius: синьганьр (sinʹganʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ gon¹
  - Yale: sām gōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ gon¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ gon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-kôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xim´ gon´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ gon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng-găng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-koaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sim-kuann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simkvoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ kuã³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴/

Noun

心肝

(figurative) conscience
(figurative) sincere affection
(figurative) darling; honey; sweetheart
(figurative) character (mental and ethical traits)
(figurative, Southern Min, Eastern Min) mind
- 底你的心肝內，是不是還有我的存在？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  底你的心肝内，是不是还有我的存在？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 蘇打綠 (sodagreen), 無眠 (No Sleep)
  Tī lí ê sim-koaⁿ lāi, sī m̄ sī koh ū góa ê chûn-chāi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Do I still exist in your mind?

Synonyms

(conscience): 良心 (liángxīn)
(character): 心地 (xīndì), 心腸／心肠 (xīncháng)
(darling):

可愛／可爱 (kě'ài) (colloquial)
圞心／𪢮心 (lonn² sin¹) (Xiang)
圞心蒂子／𪢮心蒂子 (lonn² sin¹ di⁴ zr) (Xiang)
寶寶／宝宝
寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi)
小心肝 (xiǎoxīngān) (figurative)
心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
甜心 (tiánxīn)
親愛的／亲爱的 (qīn'ài de)

Derived terms

全無心肝／全无心肝
別有心肝／别有心肝
壞心肝／坏心肝
小心肝 (xiǎoxīngān)
心肝不託著五臟／心肝不托着五脏
心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
心肝肉
懷心肝／怀心肝
槌心肝
水晶心肝玻璃人
沒心肝／没心肝
烏心肝／乌心肝
玻璃心肝
鐵石心肝／铁石心肝

References

“Entry #944”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	肝
しん Grade: 2	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんかん [shìńkáń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

心(しん)肝(かん) • (shinkan)

(anatomy) heart as an organ of the body
heart as the center of emotion or thought

心肝

Chinese

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References

Japanese

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