心裁

Chinese

		heart; mind	cut out (as a dress); cut; trim cut out (as a dress); cut; trim; reduce; diminish; decision; judgement
simp. and trad. (心裁)		心	裁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīncái

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ coi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-chhâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīncái
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sincái
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-tsʻai²
    • Yale: syīn-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shintsair
    • Palladius: синьцай (sinʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: sām chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-chhâi
    • Tâi-lô: sim-tshâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simzhaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ t͡sʰai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²³/

Noun

心裁

1. idea; conception; plan; plot

Derived terms

• 別出心裁／别出心裁 (biéchūxīncái)
• 獨出心裁／独出心裁