手掌心

Chinese

		palm	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (手掌心)		手掌	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuzhǎngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zoeng² sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzhǎngxīn [Phonetic: shóuzhǎngxīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujhǎngsin
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chang³-hsin¹
    • Yale: shǒu-jǎng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujaangshin
    • Palladius: шоучжансинь (šoučžansinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzhǎngxīnr [Phonetic: shóuzhǎngxīnr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujhǎngsinr
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chang³-hsin¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: shǒu-jǎng-syīnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujaangshiel
    • Palladius: шоучжансиньр (šoučžansinʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiə̯ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² zoeng² sam¹
    • Yale: sáu jéung sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzoeng² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² zêng² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

手掌心

1. (informal) centre of the palm
2. (figurative) realm of someone's control

Derived terms

• 逃不出手掌心