雄心

Chinese

		heroic; male	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (雄心)		雄	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xióngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ sam¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiông-sim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiong⁵ sim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xióngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syóngsin
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung²-hsin¹
    • Yale: syúng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyongshin
    • Palladius: сюнсинь (sjunsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: hùhng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 紅心 / 红心 雄心

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiông-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hiông-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiongsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiong⁵ sim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiông sim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hioŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sim³³/

Noun

雄心

1. great ambitions; lofty aspirations; great ideals

   有雄心  ―  yǒu xióngxīn  ―  to be ambitious

Synonyms

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• 壯志 / 壮志 (zhuàngzhì) (great ambitions)
• 夢寐 / 梦寐 (mèngmèi) (literary)
• 夢想 / 梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
• 心志 (xīnzhì)
• 心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
• 志事 (zhìshì) (literary)
• 志向 (zhìxiàng)
• 志氣 / 志气 (zhìqì)
• 懷抱 / 怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
• 抱負 / 抱负 (bàofù)
• 權欲 / 权欲 (quányù) (derogatory, lust for power)
• 理想 (lǐxiǎng)
• 職志 / 职志 (zhízhì)
• 野心 (yěxīn) (wild ambition)

 

Derived terms

• 雄心勃勃 (xióngxīnbóbó)
• 雄心壯志 / 雄心壮志 (xióngxīnzhuàngzhì)
• 雄心萬丈 / 雄心万丈