# 三心二意
## Chinese

| | | three | heart; mind | two | idea; meaning; wishidea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.) |
| simp. and trad. (三心二意) | simp. and trad. (三心二意) | 三 | 心 | 二 | 意 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sānxīn'èryì
       (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄦˋ ㄧˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san$^1$ xin$^1$ er$^4$ yi$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$ sam$^1$ ji$^6$ ji$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): san$^1$ xin$^1$ eo$^5$ i$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): san$^1$ xing$^1$ er$^3$ i$^3$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): san$^1$ sin$^1$ e$^5$ i$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sānxīn'èryì
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄦˋ ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sansin-èryì
*** Wade–Giles: san$^1$-hsin$^1$-êrh$^4$-i$^4$
*** Yale: sān-syīn-èr-yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshinellyih
*** Palladius: саньсиньэри (sanʹsinʹeri)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: san$^1$ xin$^1$ er$^4$ yi$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sanxinrj
*** Sinological IPA : /san⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ɚ²¹³ i²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$ sam$^1$ ji$^6$ ji$^3$
*** Yale: sāam sām yih yi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$ sam$^1$ ji$^6$ ji$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$ sem$^1$ yi$^6$ yi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ jiː²² jiː³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: san$^1$ xin$^1$ eo$^5$ i$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /san⁴² ɕin⁴² ɵ¹¹ i³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: san$^1$ xing$^1$ er$^3$ i$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /sæ̃¹¹ ɕĩŋ¹¹ əɻ⁴⁵ i⁴⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: san$^1$ sin$^1$ e$^5$ i$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /san³³ sin³³ ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ i⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /san³³ ɕin³³ ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ i⁴⁵/

### Idiom

三心二意
* shilly-shally; half-hearted; 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 |

#### Antonyms

* 一心一意 (yīxīnyīyì)