二心

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrxīn

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: èrxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshin
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrsin
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ sam¹
  - Yale: yih sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ sem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɐm⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    二心
    異心／异心

Noun

二心

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

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

Alternative forms

弐心

Etymology 1

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

Noun

二心 (hiragana ふたごころ, rōmaji futagokoro)

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
二	心
に Grade: 1	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

二心 (hiragana にしん, rōmaji nishin)

Same as above.

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