心 — Cantonese Dictionary

心

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Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[a heart]] a heart.

Definitions

1 [[a heart]] a heart.
2 sām daaih sām sai 心大心細 — big heart, small heart; to hesitate, to be indecisive (ty 20.11.2000, A3).
3 sām dō dō 心多多 — more than one heart; to hesitate, to be in two minds.
4 sām dōu saht 心都實 — heart hardened; deeply disappointed or upset.
5 sām fō sihng 心火盛 — fire raging in one's heart; irritable.
6 sām gām mehng dái 心甘命抵 — to be willing to follow a course of action whatever the consequences.
7 sām gōn ding 心肝嗲/被 — heart and liver stalk; the apple of one's eye (ylyih 553, 173).
8 sām ji tóuh mihng 心知肚明 — to know in one's heart, to fully understand, to not need to think further (about which course of action to take).
9 sām jí 心紙 — a deceptive "sandwich" made up of real paper currency on the outside and white paper in the middle (OS).
10 sām jiu 心照 — to understand what is meant without needing explicit explanation.