潛心

Chinese

		hidden; latent; secret hidden; latent; secret; to hide; to conceal; to submerge	heart; mind
trad. (潛心)		潛	心
simp. (潜心)		潜	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánxīn, qiǎnxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣ, ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cim⁴ sam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiâm-sim / chhiàm-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánsin
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hsin¹
  - Yale: chyán-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshin
  - Palladius: цяньсинь (cjanʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    潛心／潜心
    虔心
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎnxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎnsin
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien³-hsin¹
  - Yale: chyǎn-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheanshin
  - Palladius: цяньсинь (cjanʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cim⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: chìhm sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsim⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qim⁴ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâm-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tsiâm-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamsym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàm-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tshiàm-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiarmsym
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiam²¹⁻⁴¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiam¹¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/

Verb

潛心

to concentrate hard on; to devote oneself to; to be single-minded; to do something with great concentration

Synonyms

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上心 (shàngxīn)
專心／专心 (zhuānxīn)
專注 (zhuānzhù)
敬 (jìng) (literary, or in compounds)
沉潛／沉潜 (chénqián)
用心 (yòngxīn)
走心 (zǒuxīn)