心裡

See also: 心里

Chinese

		heart; mind	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing
trad. (心裡/心裏)		心	裡/裏
simp. (心里)		心	里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ leoi⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sim¹ li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnlǐ → xīnli (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˇ → ㄒㄧㄣ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinli̊
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-li⁵
    • Yale: syīn-li
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin.lii
    • Palladius: синьли (sinʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕin⁵⁵ li²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ leoi⁵
    • Yale: sām léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sim¹ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sim lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³³⁻²³ li⁵²/

Noun

心裡

1. in one's heart; in one's mind; in one's conscience

   做好心裡準備／做好心里准备  ―  zuòhǎo xīnlǐ zhǔnbèi  ―  to prepare oneself mentally

   心裡有鬼／心里有鬼  ―  xīnlǐ yǒuguǐ  ―  to have a guilty conscience

   往心裡去／往心里去  ―  wǎng xīnlǐ qù  ―  to take to heart

   你在想什麼，我心裡全明白。 [MSC, trad.]
   你在想什么，我心里全明白。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zài xiǎng shénme, wǒ xīnli quán míngbai. [Pinyin]

   I know for sure what you are thinking.

   心裡一塊石頭落了地。 [MSC, trad.]
   心里一块石头落了地。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīnlǐ yī kuài shítou luò le dì. [Pinyin]

   That's a load off my mind. (lit. "a stone in my heart fell to the ground")

2. in one's chest

Synonyms

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• 內心 / 内心 (nèixīn)
• 寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
• 心上 (xīnshàng)
• 心中 (xīnzhōng)
• 心內 / 心内 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 心地 (xīndì)
• 心坎 (xīnkǎn)
• 心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
• 心田 (xīntián)
• 心窩 / 心窝 (xīnwō) (figurative, poetic)
• 心窩子 / 心窝子 (xīnwōzi) (figurative, poetic)
• 心頭 / 心头 (xīntóu)
• 心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
• 意下 (yìxià) (literary)
• 私心 (sīxīn)
• 肚子 (figurative)
• 肚裡 / 肚里 (dùlǐ)
• 肺肝 (fèigān) (literary)
• 胸 (xiōng)
• 胸中 (xiōngzhōng) (literary)
• 胸坎 (xiōngkǎn) (literary)
• 腹 (figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 劈心裡 / 劈心里
• 心裡有個譜 / 心里有个谱
• 心裡有數 / 心里有数 (xīnliyǒushù)
• 心裡美蘿蔔 / 心里美萝卜 (xīnlǐměi luóbo)
• 心裡話 / 心里话 (xīnlihuà)