操心

Chinese

		to toil; to exert	heart; mind
trad. (操心)		操	心
simp. #(操心)		操	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāoxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹ sam¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâu-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhau-sim / chho͘-sim / chho-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāoxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caosin
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: tsāu-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaushin
    • Palladius: цаосинь (caosinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cou¹ sam¹
    • Yale: chōu sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 操心 粗心

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâu-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: cau^ˊ xim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cau¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhau-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tshau-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhausym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau³³ sim³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhosym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ sim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tsho-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoisym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tshaw sim

Rime
Character	操	心
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	七刀切	息林切
Baxter	tshaw	sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑu/	/siɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑu/	/sim/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑu/	/sjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaw/	/sim/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑu/	/siəm/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑu/	/sĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑu/	/si̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāo	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou1	sam1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤawʔ  səm/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːw  slɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	操	心
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cāo	xīn
Middle Chinese	‹ tshawX ›	‹ sim ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁawʔ/	/*səm/
English	grasp (v.)	heart
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	操	心
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	16571	13801
Phonetic component	喿	心
Rime group	宵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	操	心
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːw/	/*slɯm/

Verb

操⫽心 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to worry; to be concerned

   愛操心／爱操心  ―  àicāoxīn  ―  to be prone to worrying

   為家事操碎了心／为家事操碎了心  ―  wèi jiāshì cāo suì le xīn  ―  to worry about family matters too much

   別操這些心啦。／别操这些心啦。  ―  Bié cāo zhèxiē xīn la.  ―  Don't worry about that.

   • 獨孤臣孽子，其操心也危，其慮患也深，故達。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     独孤臣孽子，其操心也危，其虑患也深，故达。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dú gūchén nièzǐ, qí cāoxīn yě wēi, qí lǜhuàn yě shēn, gù dá. [Pinyin]

     They are the friendless minister and concubine's son, who keep their hearts under a sense of peril, and use deep precautions against calamity. On this account they become distinguished for their intelligence.

操心

1. (transitive) to worry about; to be concerned about

   操心家事  ―  cāoxīn jiāshì  ―  to worry about family matters

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 憋腹
• (Wu) 操心思

Descendants

• ⇒ White Hmong: txhawj (“worry”), txhawj siab (“worry”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
操	心

Noun

操心 • (josim) (hangeul 조심)

1. hanja form^? of 조심 (“caution; care”)