掌心

Chinese

		palm (of hand); in charge of	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (掌心)		掌	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chióng-sim / chiáng-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngsin
    • Wade–Giles: chang³-hsin¹
    • Yale: jǎng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangshin
    • Palladius: чжансинь (čžansinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² sam¹
    • Yale: jéung sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tsióng-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofngsym
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáng-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafngsym
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

Noun

掌心

1. hollow of one's palm
2. (figuratively) influence; sphere of control

Synonyms

• 手心 (shǒuxīn)
• (Northern Min) 手底
• (Xiang) 手板心