心甘

Chinese

		heart; mind	sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (心甘)		心	甘
anagram		甘心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singan
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kan¹
    • Yale: syīn-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingan
    • Palladius: синьгань (sinʹganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ gam¹
    • Yale: sām gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Verb

心甘

1. to be willing
2. to be satisfied; to be content

Synonyms

• (to be willing):

• 克根 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 心甘情願／心甘情愿 (xīngānqíngyuàn)
• 情願／情愿 (qíngyuàn)
• 樂意／乐意 (lèyì)
• 樂於／乐于 (lèyú)
• 甘心 (gānxīn)
• 甘願／甘愿 (gānyuàn)
• 甜心 (tiánxīn) (literary)
• 願／愿 (yuàn)
• 願意／愿意 (yuànyì)
• 高興／高兴 (gāoxìng)

 

• (to be satisfied):

• 中意 (zhòngyì)
• 合心 (héxīn)
• 合意 (héyì)
• 如意 (rúyì)
• 滿／满 (mǎn)
• 滿意／满意 (mǎnyì)
• 滿足／满足 (mǎnzú)
• 甘心 (gānxīn) (usually in the negative)
• 稱心／称心 (chènxīn)
• 稱願／称愿 (chènyuàn)
• 順心／顺心 (shùnxīn) (literary)
• 飽足／饱足 (bǎozú) (literary)
• 饜足／餍足 (yànzú) (literary)