婆心

Chinese

		grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	heart; mind
trad. (婆心)		婆	心
simp. #(婆心)		婆	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): póxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po⁴ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: póxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pósin
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo²-hsin¹
    • Yale: pwó-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: porshin
    • Palladius: посинь (posinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: pòh sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: po⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

婆心

1. (literary) kind-heartedness; kindness

Derived terms

• 一片婆心
• 苦口婆心 (kǔkǒupóxīn)