良心

Chinese

		good; very; very much	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (良心)		良	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liángxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liòng-sîm
Min Nan (POJ): liông-sim / liâng-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liángxīn → liángxin (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ → ㄌㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang.shin
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/ → /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕin³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: lèuhng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ sem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: liongˇ xim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liong² xim¹
  - IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹ ɕim²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-sim
  - Tâi-lô: liông-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liongsym
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕim³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-sim
  - Tâi-lô: liâng-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liangsym
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/

Noun

良心

conscience

沒良心 / 没良心 ― méi liángxīn ― to have no conscience

憑良心辦事 / 凭良心办事 ― píng liángxīn bànshì ― to act according to one's conscience

Synonyms

本心 (běnxīn)
良知 (liángzhī)
天良 (tiānliáng)

Derived terms

天地良心
天理良心
憑良心說／凭良心说
昧良心
有良心
沒良心／没良心 (méiliángxīn)
沒良心的東西／没良心的东西

滅良心／灭良心
良心不安
良心投票 (liángxīn tóupiào)
良心未泯
良心犯 (liángxīnfàn)
良心發現／良心发现
良心話／良心话

Adjective

良心

conscientious

Japanese

Kanji in this term
良	心
りょう Grade: 4	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 良 (ryō, “good”) + 心 (shin, “heart”)

Pronunciation

Homophone: 両親

Noun

良心 (hiragana りょうしん, rōmaji ryōshin)

conscience

Derived terms

良心的 (りょうしんてき) (ryōshinteki): upright, fair
非良心的 (ひりょうしんてき) (hiryōshinteki): unscrupulous, dishonest

Idioms

良 (りょう)心 (しん)の呵責 (かしゃく) (ryōshin no kashaku): pangs of conscience
良 (りょう)心 (しん)が咎 (とが)める (ryōshin ga togameru): guilty conscience
良 (りょう)心 (しん)の囚 (しゅう)人 (じん) (ryōshin no shūjin): prisoner of conscience

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