靜心

Chinese

		still; calm; quiet still; calm; quiet; not moving	heart; mind
trad. (靜心)		靜	心
simp. (静心)		静	心
anagram		心靜／心静

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chēng-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngsin
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-hsin¹
    • Yale: jìng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqshin
    • Palladius: цзинсинь (czinsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing⁶ sam¹
    • Yale: jihng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēng-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tsīng-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zexngsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/

Verb

靜心

1. to have peace of mind; to meditate

   • 早到的弟兄姊妹都靜靜地坐在位上默禱，求主臨在，並讓自己放下世務、掛慮，靜心預備敬拜讚美上帝。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     早到的弟兄姊妹都静静地坐在位上默祷，求主临在，并让自己放下世务、挂虑，静心预备敬拜赞美上帝。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 莫鉅章 (Joseph Mok), 靜

     zou² dou³ dik¹ dai⁶ hing¹ zi² mui⁶ dou¹ zing⁶ zing⁶ dei⁶ zo⁶ zoi⁶ wai^6-2 soeng⁶ mak⁶ tou², kau⁴ zyu² lam⁴ zoi⁶, bing⁶ joeng⁶ zi⁶ gei² fong³ haa⁶ sai³ mou⁶, gwaa³ leoi⁶, zing⁶ sam¹ jyu⁶ bei⁶ ging³ baai³ zaan³ mei⁵ soeng⁶ dai³. [Jyutping]

     Brothers and sisters who arrived early all sat quietly at their places to pray in silence, asking the Lord to be present, as well as allowing themselves to put down worldly affairs and worries, meditating to prepare themselves to worship and praise God.

Synonyms

• (literary) 澄心 (chéngxīn)