# 心房
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* 心房
In its earliest known usage, found in the Treatise on Physiology 《全體新論》 by Benjamin Hobson [1851], it referred to any of the four chambers of the heart. This word was then transmitted from Chinese to Japanese as 心房(しんぼう) (shinbō), where the meaning narrowed to refer only to the atrium. This narrowed meaning was then brought back into Chinese by the 20th century (Huang, 2020b).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīnfáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄈㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sam$^1$ fong$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-pông / sim-pâng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīnfáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄈㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sinfáng
*** Wade–Giles: hsin$^1$-fang$^2$
*** Yale: syīn-fáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinfarng
*** Palladius: синьфан (sinʹfan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕin⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$心房 新房
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sam$^1$ fong$^4$
*** Yale: sām fòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sam$^1$ fong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sem$^1$ fong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐm⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-pông
*** Tâi-lô: sim-pông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: simpoong
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² pɔŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-pâng
*** Tâi-lô: sim-pâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: simpaang
*** IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ paŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²³/

#### Noun

心房
* (anatomy) atrium of the heart [from 20th c.]

##### Derived terms

* 右心房 (yòuxīnfáng)
* 左心房 (zuǒxīnfáng)
* 心房撲動／心房扑动 (xīnfáng pūdòng)
* 心房肽
* 心房鈉尿肽／心房钠尿肽
* 心房顫動／心房颤动 (xīnfáng chàndòng)

#### See also

* 心室 (xīnshì)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīnfáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄈㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sam$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$ / sam$^1$ fong$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-pâng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīnfáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄈㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sinfáng
*** Wade–Giles: hsin$^1$-fang$^2$
*** Yale: syīn-fáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinfarng
*** Palladius: синьфан (sinʹfan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕin⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$心房 新房
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sam$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$ / sam$^1$ fong$^4$
*** Yale: sām fóng / sām fòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sam$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$ / sam$^1$ fong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sem$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$ / sem$^1$ fong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐm⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /sɐm⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-pâng
*** Tâi-lô: sim-pâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: simpaang
*** IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ paŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ paŋ²³/

#### Noun

心房
* (figurative) one's heart (as the seat of emotions)
    暖人心房 ― nuǎn rén xīnfáng ― to warm someone's heart
** 1923, 魯迅 [Lu Xun], “自序”, in 吶喊 [Call to Arms], 新潮社, page VII:
       Nàshí ǒuhuò lái tán de shì yī ge lǎopéngyou Jīn Xīnyì, jiāng shǒutí de dà píjiā fàng zài pò zhuō shàng, tuōxià chángshān, duìmiàn zuòxià le, yīnwèi pà gǒu, sìhū xīnfáng hái zài pēngpēng de tiàodòng. [Pinyin]
       At the time, a friend who would sometimes come to chat was Jin Xinyi. He put the big wallet in his hand on the shabby table, took off his robe, and sat down across me. Because he was afraid of dogs, it seems like his heart was pounding.
** 1983, “脈搏奔流 [Rush Pulse]”, 卡龍 [Ip Hon Leung] (lyrics), Ken Tobias (music), performed by 陳百強 [Danny Chan]:
       ting$^3$ nei$^5$ sam$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$ zoi$^6$ tiu$^3$ dung$^6$, ting$^3$ nei$^5$ mak$^6$ bok$^3$ ban$^1$ lau$^4$ [Jyutping]
       I hear your heart beating, I hear your pulse rushing
** 1988, “衝破萬重浪”, 蔡國權 [Terence Choi] (lyrics), Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott, and Sol Marcus (music), performed by 蔡國權 [Terence Choi]:
       cong$^4$ zoi$^6$ ngo$^5$ dik$^1$ sam$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$, jau$^5$ go$^3$ po$^3$ seoi$^3$ dik$^1$ gu$^3$ si$^6$ [Jyutping]
       Hidden in my heart is a broken story
** 2009, “心賊難防”, 林夕 [Albert Leung] (lyrics), C.Y. Kong (music), performed by 容祖兒 [Joey Yung]:
       zam$^2$ mo$^1$ jan$^2$ sam$^1$ gwaan$^1$ soeng$^5$ sam$^1$ fong$^4$ [Jyutping]
       How can one have the heart to close up their heart?
** 2009, 韋禮安 [Weibird] (lyrics and music), “慢慢等”, in 慢慢等, performed by 韋禮安 [Weibird]:
       nǐ zhōngjiù zhànjùle wǒ de xīnfáng [Pinyin]
       You have occupied my heart after all
** 2013, “隨風離開愛的人”, 黃永發 (lyrics), 張祐奇 (music), performed by 許富凱 [Henry Hsu]:
       gún chiong gún ê chin-sim chhàng teh lí ê sim-pâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       I put my heart of sincerity into your heart
** 2022, “記得 [Remember]”, 馮松興 [Frank Fung], 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music), performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:
       zung$^6$ haa$^6$ maan$^5$ hung$^1$ sing$^1$ sing$^1$ baa$^2$ sam$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$ ziu$^3$ loeng$^6$ [Jyutping]
       The stars in the mid-summer night sky light up my heart

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 心 | 房 |
| しん Grade: 2 | ぼう Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しんぼー [shìńbóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕĩmbo̞ː]

### Noun

心(しん)房(ぼう) • (shinbō)
* (cardiology) an atrium

### See also

* 心(しん)室(しつ) (shinshitsu)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 心 | 房 |

### Noun

心房 • (simbang or McCune-Reischauer: simbang or Yale: simpang) (hangeul 심방)
* hanja form of 심방 (“cardiac atrium”)