# 良心
## Chinese

* 良心

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): liángxīn
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): liángxǐn
* Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng$^4$ sam$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'liong$^4$ xin$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liòng-sîm
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liông-sim / liâng-sim
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): liang$^5$ xim$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$lian-shin$_1$ / $^2$lian-sin$_1$ / $^2$lian-shin$_1$
* 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: liang$^2$-hsin$^5$
*** Yale: lyáng-syin
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang.shin
*** Palladius: лянсинь (ljansinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/ → /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕin³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: liángxǐn
*** Sinological IPA : /liaŋ²⁴ ɕiẽ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: loeng$^4$ sam$^1$
*** Yale: lèuhng sām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loeng$^4$ sam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêng$^4$ sem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lœːŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'liong$^4$ xin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈliɔŋ³⁵ ɕin⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng-sîm
*** Hakka Romanization System: liong$^ˇ$ xim$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liong$^2$ xim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹ sim²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-sim
*** Tâi-lô: liông-sim
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liongsym
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /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/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: liang$^5$ xim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /liaŋ²² sim³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lian-shin$_1$
*** MiniDict: lian$^去$ shin$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lian-xin$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²² ɕin⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$lian-sin$_1$
*** MiniDict: lian$^平$ sin$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /liã²² sin³³/
** (Northern: Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^2$lian-shin$_1$
*** MiniDict: lian$^平$ shin$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /liã²² ɕiŋ⁵¹/

### 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

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

#### Derived terms

* 天地良心
* 天理良心
* 憑良心說 / 凭良心说
* 昧良心
* 有良心
* 沒良心 / 没良心 (méiliángxīn)
* 沒良心的東西 / 没良心的东西
* 滅良心 / 灭良心
* 良心不安
* 良心投票 (liángxīn tóupiào)
* 良心未泯
* 良心犯 (liángxīnfàn)
* 良心發現 / 良心发现
* 良心省察 (liángxīn xǐngchá)
* 良心話 / 良心话

### 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 –)
* IPA: [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 [Daijirin] (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”).