心機

See also: 心机

Chinese

		heart; mind	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (心機)		心	機
simp. (心机)		心	机
anagram		機心／机心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ gei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîm-kî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinji
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chi¹
    • Yale: syīn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinji
    • Palladius: синьцзи (sinʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 心機／心机 心肌 心跡／心迹

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sam¹ gei¹
    • Yale: sām gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 心機／心机 心肌

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîm-kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: xim^ˊ gi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xim¹ gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-ki
    • Tâi-lô: sim-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

心機

1. scheme; machination; cunning
2. (Cantonese) patience; devotion

Synonyms

• (scheme):

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• 圖謀／图谋 (túmóu)
• 招 (figurative)
• 攻略 (gōnglüè)
• 機謀／机谋 (jīmóu) (formal)
• 機關／机关 (jīguān)
• 策略 (cèlüè)
• 計策／计策 (jìcè)
• 計謀／计谋 (jìmóu)
• 謀略／谋略 (móulüè)
• 鈐／钤 (qián) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

• 冇心機／冇心机 (mou⁵ sam¹ gei¹, “unmotivated”) (Cantonese)
• 枉用心機／枉用心机
• 枉費心機／枉费心机
• 用盡心機／用尽心机
• 畀心機／畀心机 (bei² sam¹ gei¹) (Cantonese)
• 費心機／费心机
• 費盡心機／费尽心机 (fèijìnxīnjī)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	機
しん Grade: 2	き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

心(しん)機(き) • (shinki) 

1. one's mental state or attitude

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN