女人心，海底針 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
| heart; mind | seabed; seafloor; bottom of the sea | needle; pin; injection | ||||
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| trad. (女人心，海底針) | 女人 | 心 | ， | 海底 | 針 | |
| simp. (女人心，海底针) | 女人 | 心 | ， | 海底 | 针 | |
| Literally: “A woman's heart (is like) a needle at the bottom of the sea.” | ||||||
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): nǚrén xīn, hǎidǐ zhēn
- (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ , ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄓㄣ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi5 jan4-2 sam1, hoi2 dai2 zam1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nǚrén xīn, hǎidǐ zhēn [Phonetic: nǚrénxīn,háidǐzhēn]
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ , ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄓㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔrén sin, hǎidǐ jhen
- Wade–Giles: nü3-jên2 hsin1, hai3-ti3 chên1
- Yale: nyǔ-rén syīn-, hǎi-dǐ jēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuren shin, haedii jen
- Palladius: нюйжэнь синь, хайди чжэнь (njujžɛnʹ sinʹ, xajdi čžɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: neoi5 jan4-2 sam1, hoi2 dai2 zam1
- Yale: néuih yán sām, hói dái jām
- Cantonese Pinyin: noey5 jan4-2 sam1, hoi2 dai2 dzam1
- Guangdong Romanization: nêu5 yen4-2 sem1, hoi2 dei2 zem1
- Sinological IPA (key): /nɵy̯¹³ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
女人心，海底針
- a woman's thoughts are impossible to fathom