刻骨銘心

See also: 刻骨铭心

Chinese

		deep-rooted; ingrained; entrenched	to be engraved on one's heart; to never forget
trad. (刻骨銘心)		刻骨	銘心
simp. (刻骨铭心)		刻骨	铭心
Literally: “carved on one's bones and engraved in one's heart”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kègǔmíngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ gwat¹ ming⁵ sam¹ / hak¹ gwat¹ ming⁴ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kègǔmíngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kègǔmíngsin
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-ku³-ming²-hsin¹
    • Yale: kè-gǔ-míng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehguumingshin
    • Palladius: кэгуминсинь (kɛguminsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ gwat¹ ming⁵ sam¹ / hak¹ gwat¹ ming⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: hāk gwāt míhng sām / hāk gwāt mìhng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ gwat⁷ ming⁵ sam¹ / hak⁷ gwat⁷ ming⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ gued¹ ming⁵ sem¹ / heg¹ gued¹ ming⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ¹³ sɐm⁵⁵/, /hɐk̚⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

刻骨銘心

1. unforgettable; etched in one's memory

Descendants

• → Japanese: 骨(ほね)に刻(きざ)み、肝(きも)に銘(めい)ずる (hone ni kizami, kimo ni meizuru) (calque)