心血

Chinese

		heart; mind	blood
simp. and trad. (心血)		心	血

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnxuè, xīnxuě, xīnxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ hyut³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-hiet / sîm-hiat
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-hiat / sim-huih / sim-hoeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsyuè
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: syīn-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshiueh
    • Palladius: синьсюэ (sinʹsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsyuě
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsüeh³
    • Yale: syīn-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinsheue
    • Palladius: синьсюэ (sinʹsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsiě
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsieh³
    • Yale: syīn-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshiee
    • Palladius: синьсе (sinʹse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ hyut³
    • Yale: sām hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ hyːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-hiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ hied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ hiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴ hi̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-hiat
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ hiad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ hiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴ hi̯at̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-hiat
    • Tâi-lô: sim-hiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simhiad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ hiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-huih
    • Tâi-lô: sim-huih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simhuiq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ huiʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² huiʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-hoeh
    • Tâi-lô: sim-hueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simhoeq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² hueʔ³²/

Noun

心血

1. painstaking care; painstaking effort; all of one's energy

Derived terms

• 心血來潮／心血来潮 (xīnxuèláicháo)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (心血):

• → Japanese: 心血(しんけつ) (shinketsu)
• → Korean: 심혈(心血) (simhyeol)
• → Vietnamese: tâm huyết (心血)

See also

• 精力 (jīnglì)
• 心思 (xīnsī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	血
しん Grade: 2	けつ Grade: 3

Noun

心(しん)血(けつ) • (shinketsu) 

1. one's heart and soul; one's entire effort