# 死心
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sǐxīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sei$^2$ sam$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sí-sîm
* Eastern Min (BUC): sī-sĭng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-sim
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sǐxīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsin
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^3$-hsin$^1$
*** Yale: sž-syīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshin
*** Palladius: сысинь (sysinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sei$^2$ sam$^1$
*** Yale: séi sām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sei$^2$ sam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: séi$^2$ sem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sei̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-sîm
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi$^ˋ$ xim$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^3$ xim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /si³¹ sim²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sī-sĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /si³³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$liŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-sim
*** Tâi-lô: sí-sim
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sysym
*** IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: sijX sim
Rime :
| Character | 死 | 心 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) | 侵 (139) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 息姊切 | 息林切 |
| Baxter | sijX | sim |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sˠiɪ$^X$/ | /siɪm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sᵚi$^X$/ | /sim/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /siɪ$^X$/ | /sjem/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sji$^X$/ | /sim/ |
| Li Rong | /sji$^X$/ | /siəm/ |
| Wang Li | /si$^X$/ | /sĭĕm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /si$^X$/ | /si̯əm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sǐ | xīn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | si$^2$ | sam$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sijʔ səm/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljiʔ slɯm/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 死 | 心 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | sǐ | xīn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sij$^X$ › | ‹ sim › |
| Old Chinese | /*sijʔ/ | /*səm/ |
| English | die (v.) | heart |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 死 | 心 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 12006 | 13801 |
| Phonetic component | 死 | 心 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 死 | 心 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljiʔ/ | /*slɯm/ |

### Verb

死⫽心 (verb-object)
* to give up on; to drop
       Nǐ jiù sǐ le zhè tiáo xīn ba. [Pinyin]
       Just drop it.
    From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
    Bìxū dǒngde, méiyǒu sùqīng de àncáng de fǎngémìng fènzǐ shì bù huì sǐxīn de, tāmen bìdìng yào chéngjī dǎoluàn. [Pinyin]
    It must be understood that the hidden counter-revolutionaries still at large will not take things lying down, but will certainly seize even opportunity to make trouble.

#### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 煞心

### Noun

死心
* (literary) willingness and determination to serve till death
    From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5th – 3rd centuries BCE
    Jīn tàizǐ zǒu, zhū shàn tàizǐ zhě, jiē yǒu sǐxīn. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Derived terms

* 死心塌地 (sǐxīntādì)