粵

心sam1頭tau4

simp心头
sam1 tau4xīn tóu

English

  1. one's heart; one's mind
  2. mind; heart
  3. ambition; expectations

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 心入面
  2. 野心、上進心(用高嚟形容)

Examples

  • 甜在心頭

    feeling sweet and romantic (literally, sweet in the heart)

  • 湧上心頭

    (of a feeling or thoughts) rushes to one's mind

  • 寒天飲雪水,點滴在心頭。

    Every drop of ice water in a winter days is particularly remarkable. ----

  • 心頭咁高,好難揾工㗎你。

    You are so ambitious. You are going to have a hard time finding a job.

  • 約翰是七口之家中最年幼的,是父母的心頭肉。

    John, who is the youngest in a family of seven, is the apple of his parents' eyes.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 我昨晚一整夜沒睡好,因為有許多事情縈繞在我的心頭。

    I couldn't sleep well last night because there were lots of things on my mind.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 她完全沒有出外的心情,因為那種突然失去父親的痛苦,一直在她的心頭揮之不去。

    The shock of her father's death lingered on and she didn't feel like going out at all.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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