心算

Chinese

		heart; mind	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
trad. (心算)		心	算
simp. #(心算)		心	算

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnsuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ syun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-sǹg / sim-sùiⁿ / sim-soàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnsuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-suan⁴
    • Yale: syīn-swàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinsuann
    • Palladius: синьсуань (sinʹsuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ su̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ syun³
    • Yale: sām syun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ syn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ xun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ syːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-sǹg
    • Tâi-lô: sim-sǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simsngx
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ sŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² sŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ sŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ sŋ̍¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-sùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sim-suìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simsvuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² suĩ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-soàn
    • Tâi-lô: sim-suàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simsoaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ suan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² suan²¹/

Verb

心算

1. to perform mental arithmetic; to do sums in one's head

Derived terms

• 珠心算 (zhūxīnsuàn)