# 三心兩意
## Chinese

| | | three | heart; mind | both; two; someboth; two; some; a few; tael | idea; meaning; wishidea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.) |
| trad. (三心兩意) | trad. (三心兩意) | 三 | 心 | 兩 | 意 |
| simp. (三心两意) | simp. (三心两意) | 三 | 心 | 两 | 意 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sānxīnliǎngyì
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$ sam$^1$ loeng$^5$ ji$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sâm-sîm-lióng-yi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sam$^1$ xim$^1$ liong$^3$ yi$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-sim-lióng-ì / saⁿ-sim-nn̄g-ì / saⁿ-sim-nňg-ì
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): san$^1$ sin$^1$ lian$^3$ i$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sānxīnliǎngyì
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sansinliǎngyì
*** Wade–Giles: san$^1$-hsin$^1$-liang$^3$-i$^4$
*** Yale: sān-syīn-lyǎng-yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshinleangyih
*** Palladius: саньсиньлянъи (sanʹsinʹljanʺi)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$ sam$^1$ loeng$^5$ ji$^3$
*** Yale: sāam sām léuhng yi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$ sam$^1$ loeng$^5$ ji$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$ sem$^1$ lêng$^5$ yi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ lœːŋ¹³ jiː³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-sîm-lióng-yi
*** Hakka Romanization System: sam$^ˊ$ xim$^ˊ$ liong$^ˋ$ i
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sam$^1$ xim$^1$ liong$^3$ yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴ li̯oŋ³¹ i⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-sîm-lióng-yi
*** Hakka Romanization System: sam$^ˊ$ xim$^ˊ$ liong$^ˋ$ (r)i
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sam$^1$ xim$^1$ liong$^3$ yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴ li̯oŋ³¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sam$^1$ xim$^1$ liong$^3$ yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³⁵ liɔŋ³¹ i⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-sim-lióng-ì
*** Tâi-lô: sam-sim-lióng-ì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: samsimliofng'ix
*** IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-sim-nn̄g-ì
*** Tâi-lô: sann-sim-nn̄g-ì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: svasimnngxix
*** IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ i²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴ nŋ̍²²⁻²¹ i²¹/
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-sim-nňg-ì
*** Tâi-lô: sann-sim-nňg-ì
*** IPA (Philippines): /sã³³ sim³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²² i⁴¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: san$^1$ sin$^1$ lian$^3$ i$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /san³³ sin³³ li̯æn⁴¹ i⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /san³³ ɕin³³ li̯æn⁴¹ i⁴⁵/

### Idiom

三心兩意
* shilly-shally; half-hearted; vacillating; without consistency or constancy; likely to change minds easily

#### Synonyms

* 心神不定
* 心猿意馬／心猿意马 (xīnyuányìmǎ)
* 意馬心猿／意马心猿
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 三心二意, 三心兩意 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 三心二意 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 三心二意 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 三心二意 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 三心二意, 三心兩意 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 三心二意 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 三心二意 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 三心二意 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 三心二意 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 三心二意 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 三心二意, 三心兩意 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 三心二意 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 三心二意, 三心兩意 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 三心二意 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 三心兩意 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 三心二意 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 三心二意 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 三心兩意 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 三心兩意 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 三心二意 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 三心二意, 三心兩意 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 三心二意 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 三心兩意 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 三心兩意 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 三心兩意 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 三心兩意 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 三心兩意 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 三心兩意 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 三心兩意 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 三心兩意 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 三心二意 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 三心二意 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 三心兩意 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 欲准毋 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 三心兩意 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 三心兩意 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 三心兩意 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 三心兩意 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 三心兩意 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 三心兩意 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 三心兩意 |
| Wu | Danyang | 三心二意 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 三心二意, 三心兩意 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 三心兩意 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 三心兩意 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 三心兩意 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 三心二意, 三心兩意 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 三心二意 |