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心機
  sam1 gei1   jyutping
  xin1 ji1   pinyin
[1] [] mood; frame of mind; feeling | [synonym] 心情
[2] [] energy; effort; patience | [synonym] 心血
[3] [] scheming; thinking | [synonym] 心思

noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
心機 / 心机

This word has been viewed 3068 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 9th Oct 2005 20:15 and last edited on 28th Jan 2018 03:15
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Characters in this word:

 sam1  -  heart
 gei1  -  machine

7 compounds containing this word:

冇心機 - not in the mood
畀心機 - to devote one's effort to...
離心機 - a centrifuge (machine)
白費心機 - racks one's brain for nothing; painstaking care gone to waste
嘥心機,挨眼瞓 - to rack one's brain for nothing; all for naught
好心機 - indefatigable; having patience; careful, attentive, wholly absorbed
落足心機 - put your heart and soul

Showing 1 example containing 心機
detail 真係扭計成日冇心機
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.)]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  sam1 gei1  xin1 ji1 = cardiac muscle
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