二心

Chinese

		two	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (二心)		二	心
alternative forms		貳心／贰心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrsin
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-hsin¹
  - Yale: èr-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshin
  - Palladius: эрсинь (ersinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ sam¹
  - Yale: yih sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɐm⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    二心
    異心 / 异心

Noun

二心

(literary) second thoughts; change of heart; disloyalty; duplicity; half-heartedness; wavering; indecision; hesitancy

Synonyms

異志／异志 (yìzhì)

Derived terms

不二心
二心兩意 / 二心两意
誓無二心 / 誓无二心

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (二心):

→ Japanese: 二(に)心(しん) (nishin)
→ Korean: 이심(二心) (isim)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	心
ふた Grade: 1	こころ > ごころ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
弐心

Kanji in this term
二	心
に Grade: 1	しん Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふたごころ [fùtágóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ふたごころ [fùtágókóró] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ta̠ɡo̞ko̞ɾo̞]

(Tokyo) にしん [nìshíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɕĩɴ]

Noun

二(ふた)心(ごころ) or 二(に)心(しん) • (futagokoro or nishin)

duplicity, being two-faced or double-dealing
二心(ふたごころ)のない人(ひと)
futagokoro no nai hito
a sincere person

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
二	心

Noun

二心 • (isim) (hangeul 이심)

hanja form^? of 이심 (“duplicity, treachery ; fickleness”)