心室

Chinese

		heart	room
simp. and trad. (心室)		心	室

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 心室(しんしつ) (shinshitsu) (Huang, 2020b).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnshì, xīnshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄕˋ, ㄒㄧㄣㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ sat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinshìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: syīn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshyh
  - Palladius: синьши (sinʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shih³
  - Yale: syīn-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshyy
  - Palladius: синьши (sinʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ sat¹
  - Yale: sām sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ sed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

心室

(anatomy) ventricle (of the heart) [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

心室撲動 / 心室扑动 (xīnshì pūdòng)
心室顫動 / 心室颤动

See also

心房 (xīnfáng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心	室
しん Grade: 2	しつ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんしつ [shìńshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕi̥t͡sɨ]

Noun

心(しん)室(しつ) • (shinshitsu)

(cardiology) a ventricle

See also

心(しん)房(ぼう) (shinbō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
心	室

Noun

心室 • (simsil or McCune-Reischauer: simsil or Yale: simsil) (hangeul 심실)

hanja form^? of 심실 (“cardiac ventricle”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
心	室

Noun

心室

chữ Hán form of tâm thất (“ventricle”)