心 (sam1 | xin1) : heart

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心

sam1

xin1

[1] [n] heart [2] mind [3] conscience; moral nature [4] intention; idea; ambition; design [5] [n] core; middle; center; inside [6] one of the 28 constellations [7] Kangxi radical 61

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

心

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費心 fai3 sam1 fei4 xin1 = to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) [粵] 麻煩你國

手心 sau2 sam1 shou3 xin1 = palm of the hand 國

小心 siu2 sam1 xiao3 xin1 = careful, warning

開心 hoi1 sam1 kai1 xin1 = happy

他心 taa1 sam1 ta1 xin1 = insincerity

心想 sam1 soeng2 xin1 xiang3 = to wish, a wish

中心 zung1 sam1 zhong1 xin1 = centre; middle

心頭 sam1 tau4 xin1 tou2 = mind; thoughts

擔心 daam1 sam1 dan1 xin1 = worry

點心 dim2 sam1 dian3 xin5 = dim sum
See all 649 compounds (CantoDict reports 671 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 36 examples containing 心

我唔開心。粵
I am not happy.

行路要小心。粵
You must be careful when walking.

好開心識到你. 粵
Nice to meet you.
[(lit.) Very happy to have met you.]

你仲開心過我粵
You're even happier than me.
[Lit. You even happy surpass me.]

我一見到我父母就好開心。粵
I am very happy upon seeing my parents.

小心揸車。粵
Drive carefully.

如果唔夠小心嘅話，放煙花就好危險粵
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.

我對呢一點好有信心粵
I‘m very confident about this.
[Lit. I towards this point very confident]

個個學生都擔心自己嘅成績。粵
Every student is worried about his grades.
[Reduplicated classifiers (like 個個 here) can be used as a subject, but not as an object. We cannot say, for instance, 通知個個 for "to tell everyone". ]

你小心畀人搵笨。粵
Be careful not to be tricked by anyone.

我哋食藥嗰陣時，要小心啲；可能有副作用。粵
When taking medication, we have to be careful; there may be some side-effects.

我對你充滿信心
I have complete confidence in you.

請小心月台空隙
Please mind the gap
[MTR announcement]

請小心列車與月台間之空隙
Please mind the gap between the train and the platform
[MTR announcement]

緊要家陣開始努力溫書，考試過唔過到骨至少對得住自己良心。粵

條路好滑，佢唔小心躀咗一跤粵
The road was very slippery. He wasn't careful and slipped.

呢壇嘢要從長計議，小心駛得晚年船呀粵
We must consider this matter more carefully; being cautious will help us go a long way.

我做呢份工唔係為錢而係為自己開心。粵
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

我做這份工作不是為錢而是為自己開心。國
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

而家噉嘅情況佢重有心情去游山玩水? 粵
He still has the mood to go for sightseeing at a time like this?

好彩得到你細心查核，搵到問題嘅所在粵
Fortunately due to your careful checks, we are able to find where the problem lies.

國家政府一直監察著你，最好自己小心啲粵
The government has been monitoring you all along - you had best be careful.

就用激將法嚟令佢有返毅力同信心粵
We'll urge by ridiculing him until he regains the will power and confidence.

女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.

便心啫，唔使客氣粵
It's nothing much, there's no need to stand on ceremony.

小小心意你咪受落啲禮物囉唔好抰嚟抰去粵
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.

我戥你開心粵
I am happy for you

呢度小小心意，希望你笑納。粵
Here is a little regards(gift), hope you would accept it gladly.
[心意 is literally [n] "kind regards/ thoughts", it symbolizes a gift or a present.]

送禮講心意。粵
With gift-giving, it's the thought that counts. [Lit.] (with) gift-giving, it's about thought.
[講 is short for 講求.]

我以後一定會加倍小心
I will certainly be much more careful in the future.
[加倍小心 literally means "add on double amount of carefulness", which implies "(be)much more careful"]

佢哋好開心噉放緊紙鳶粵
They're happily flying kites.

佢想表達嘅係佢可以隨心所欲粵
He wants to show that he can have his own way.

小榮真係扭計，成日都冇心機學嘢粵
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation.
[Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)]

小心月台空隙。
Watch out for the (train) platform gap.(warning)
[Watch out for the (train)platform gap.(warning) Common public announcement at train / transit stations.]

兜心口揈咗佢兩棰。粵
They gave him two punches right on the chest.

旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意國
The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.

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