小心 (siu2 sam1 | xiao3 xin1) : careful, warning

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小心

siu2 sam1

xiao3 xin1

careful, warning, "be careful"

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 2,750,000

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

小心

This word has been viewed 8943 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

小 siu2 - small, tiny, little
心 sam1 - heart

7 compounds containing this word:

不小心 - careless
小心地滑 - slippery floor, be careful!
小心翼翼 - (saying) carefully; cautiously
不小心駕駛 - careless driving
小心謹慎 - mind one's p's and q's
小心俾雷劈 - warning someone that they will need to pay for something that they've done bad
小心駛得萬年船 - it pays a long way to be careful

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

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.

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.

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]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.]

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"]

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.]

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