銘心

Chinese

		inscribed motto	heart; mind
trad. (銘心)		銘	心
simp. (铭心)		铭	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵ sam¹ / ming⁴ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngsin
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-hsin¹
    • Yale: míng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingshin
    • Palladius: минсинь (minsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁵ sam¹ / ming⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: míhng sām / mìhng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵ sam¹ / ming⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵ sem¹ / ming⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³ sɐm⁵⁵/, /mɪŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Verb

銘心

1. (literary, figurative) to be engraved on one's heart; to never forget

Derived terms

• 刻骨銘心／刻骨铭心 (kègǔmíngxīn)
• 銘心刻骨／铭心刻骨
• 銘心鏤骨／铭心镂骨
• 鏤骨銘心／镂骨铭心

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (銘心):

• → Korean: 명심(銘心) (myeongsim)