粵

心sam1腸coeng4

simp心肠
sam1 coeng4xīn cháng

English

  1. heart
  2. intention
  3. one's inclination
  4. state of mind
  5. to have the heart for sth
  6. mood
  7. heart; soul; mind; disposition; intention; determination

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 人嘅品性或者決心

Examples

  • 他铁石心肠。

    He has a heart of stone.

    Tatoeba · mtdot CC BY

  • 谁能融化你的铁石心肠?

    Who could melt that stone heart of yours?

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 好心腸

    kind-hearted

  • 菩薩心腸

    kind heart; literally: heart of a bodhisattva

  • 蛇蠍心腸

    malicious mind

  • 鐵石心腸

    heartless; hard-hearted; unfeeling

  • 立實心腸

    to be determined (to do sth); to make up one's mind (to do sth)

  • 佢心腸好壞。

    He has an evil heart.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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