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

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• 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:

      edit edit 二心 異心／异心

Noun

二心

1. (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) 

1. 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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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)

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