花心

Chinese

Etymology 1

		flowery	heart
trad. (花心)		花	心
simp. #(花心)		花	心
anagram		心花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ sam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fâ-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-sim / hoa-sim
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ho-shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huasin
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: hwā-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huashin
    • Palladius: хуасинь (xuasinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ sam¹
    • Yale: fā sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa^ˊ xim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hue-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoesym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ sim³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hua-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoasym
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ho-shin
    • MiniDict: ho^平 shin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

Noun

花心

1. unfaithfulness; fickle mind

Adjective

花心

1. having a roving eye; promiscuous; fickle in love affairs

   花心的男人  ―  huāxīn de nánrén  ―  womaniser

2. (Guangzhou Cantonese) withered due to lost moisture (of root crops)

Derived terms

• 花心蘿蔔 / 花心萝卜 (huāxīn luóbo)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (花心):

• → Korean: 화심(花心) (hwasim)

Etymology 2

		flower	heart
trad. (花心)		花	心
simp. #(花心)		花	心
anagram		心花
Literally: “flower's heart”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ sam¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): fa¹ 'xin¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fa¹ xim¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): huă-*sĭng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ho-shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huasin
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: hwā-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huashin
    • Palladius: хуасинь (xuasinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (花心兒 / 花心儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāxīnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄧㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huasinr
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-hsin¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwā-syīnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huashiel
    • Palladius: хуасиньр (xuasinʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ɕiə̯ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ sam¹
    • Yale: fā sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fa¹ 'xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fa⁴² ˈɕin⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fa¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fa⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huă-*sĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hua⁵⁵ siŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ho-shin
    • MiniDict: ho^平 shin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

Noun

花心

1. (colloquial) centre of a flower; stamens and gynoecium

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 花蕊 (“stamens and gynoecium”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蕊, 花蕊, 花心
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		花蕊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	花心兒
	Taiwan	花蕊
	Chengde	花蕊
	Chifeng	花心兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	花心兒
	Heihe	花心兒
	Qiqihar	花心兒
	Harbin	花心兒
	Jiamusi	花心兒
	Baicheng	花心兒
	Changchun	花心兒
	Tonghua	花心兒
	Shenyang	花蕊, 花心兒
	Jinzhou	花蕊兒, 花心兒
	Singapore	花蕊
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	花心兒
	Tangshan	花心兒
	Cangzhou	花心兒
	Baoding	花心兒
	Shijiazhuang	花心兒
	Lijin	花心門兒
	Jinan	花心兒, 花蕊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	花兒心兒
	Dandong	花蕊, 花心兒
	Yantai	花心兒
	Yantai (Muping)	花心兒
	Qingdao	花心兒
	Zhucheng	花心子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	花心兒
	Lingbao	花蕊, 花心兒
	Jining	花蕊, 花心兒
	Wanrong	花心兒
	Linfen	花心兒
	Shangqiu	花心兒
	Yuanyang	花蕊, 花心兒
	Zhengzhou	花心兒
	Xinyang	花心兒
	Baihe	花心兒
	Xi'an	花心, 花蕊兒
	Baoji	花蕊, 花心
	Tianshui	花蕊, 花心
	Xining	花心, 花心兒
	Xuzhou	花心兒
	Fuyang	花蕊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	花心心子, 花心兒
	Lanzhou	花心心, 花蕊
	Dunhuang	花心
	Hami	花心兒
	Ürümqi	花心心子, 花心兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	花心心, 蕊
	Nanchong	花心
	Dazhou	花心兒
	Hanyuan	花心
	Xichang	花心
	Zigong	花心心兒
	Chongqing	花心心兒
	Wuhan	花心
	Yichang	花心
	Xiangyang	花蕊, 花心兒
	Tianmen	花心
	Guiyang	花心心, 花心
	Zunyi	花心兒
	Bijie	花心
	Liping	花心
	Zhaotong	花心
	Dali	花心
	Kunming	花蕊, 花心
	Mengzi	花心
	Guilin	花心
	Liuzhou	花心, 花蕊
	Jishou	花心心兒
	Changde	花心
	Hanzhong	花心
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	花心
	Yangzhou	花心
	Lianyungang	花心
	Lianshui	花心
	Nantong	花心子
	Anqing	花心
	Wuhu	花心子
	Hefei	花心
	Hong'an	花心
Cantonese	Hong Kong	花蕊
	Dongguan	花心
	Xinyi	花心
Gan	Nanchang	花心
	Lichuan	花心
	Pingxiang	花心
Hakka	Meixian	花心
	Ruijin	花心
Huizhou	Jixi	花心
	Shexian	花心
Jin	Taiyuan	花心心, 花心子
	Yangyuan	花心兒
	Datong	花心兒
	Xinzhou	花兒心子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	花心
	Changzhi	花心兒
	Linhe	花兒心心
	Jining	花心兒
	Hohhot	花心心
	Erenhot	花兒心
	Pingshan	花兒心兒
	Zhangjiakou	花蕊, 花心兒
	Handan	花心兒
	Linzhou	花心兒
	Suide	花心兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	花心
	Fuqing	花心
Southern Min	Xiamen	花蕊
	Quanzhou	花蕊
	Zhangzhou	花蕊
	Tainan	花蕊
	Haikou	花心
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	花蕊
Wu	Shanghai	花心
	Shanghai (Chongming)	花心
	Danyang	花心
	Hangzhou	花心子
	Ningbo	花心子, 花心
	Wenzhou	花心
	Jinhua	花心
Xiang	Changsha	花心子
	Loudi	花鬚子

Derived terms

• 花心車／花心车 (huāxīnjū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	心
はな Grade: 1	こ Grade: 2

Proper noun

花(はな)心(こ) • (Hanako) 

1. a female given name