稱心

See also: 称心

Chinese

		to call; to praise; to weigh to call; to praise; to weigh; to estimate; to consider; to address; to name; to say; commend; steelyard; balanced; to fit; well-off; suitable	heart; mind
trad. (稱心)		稱	心
simp. (称心)		称	心
alternative forms		趁心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chènxīn, chèngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄣ, ㄔㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing³ sam¹ / can³ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhèng-sim / chhin-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chènxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chènsin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-hsin¹
    • Yale: chèn-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennshin
    • Palladius: чэньсинь (čɛnʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 稱心 / 称心 趁心

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chèngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chèngsin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng⁴-hsin¹
    • Yale: chèng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenqshin
    • Palladius: чэнсинь (čɛnsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing³ sam¹ / can³ sam¹
    • Yale: ching sām / chan sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing³ sam¹ / tsan³ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing³ sem¹ / cen³ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³³ sɐm⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɐn³³ sɐm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 稱心 / 称心 趁心

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tshìng-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheangsym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tshin-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chinsym
    • IPA (Longyan): /t͡sʰin³³⁴ sim³³⁴/

Verb

稱⫽心 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to gratify; to satisfy; to be satisfactory

Synonyms

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• 中意 (zhòngyì)
• 合心 (héxīn)
• 合意 (héyì)
• 如意 (rúyì)
• 心甘 (xīngān)
• 滿 / 满 (mǎn)
• 滿意 / 满意 (mǎnyì)
• 滿足 / 满足 (mǎnzú)
• 甘心 (gānxīn) (usually in the negative)
• 稱願 / 称愿 (chènyuàn)
• 順心 / 顺心 (shùnxīn) (literary)
• 飽足 / 饱足 (bǎozú) (literary)
• 饜足 / 餍足 (yànzú) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 不稱心 / 不称心
• 稱心如意 / 称心如意
• 稱心快意 / 称心快意
• 稱心滿志 / 称心满志
• 稱心滿意 / 称心满意

 

References

• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “称心”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 399.