良心

Chinese

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

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liángxīn

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liángxīn → liángxin (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ → ㄌㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liángsi̊n
  - Wade–Giles: liang²-hsin⁵
  - Yale: lyáng-syin
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang.shin
  - Palladius: лянсинь (ljansinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/ → /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕin³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: lèuhng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: liong^ˇ xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liong² xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹ sim²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-sim
  - Tâi-lô: liông-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liongsym
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-sim
  - Tâi-lô: liâng-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liangsym
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/

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

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人心 (rénxīn)
人性 (rénxìng)
天良 (tiānliáng)
本心 (běnxīn)
良知 (liángzhī)
靈魂／灵魂 (línghún)

Derived terms

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

(Tokyo) りょーしん [ryóꜜòshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːɕĩɴ]

Homophone: 両親

Noun

良(りょう)心(しん) • (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

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
良	心

Noun

良心 • (yangsim) (hangeul 양심)

hanja form^? of 양심 (“conscience”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
良	心

Noun

良心

chữ Hán form of lương tâm (“conscience”).

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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