野心

Chinese

		field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (野心)		野	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yěxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ sam¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yâ-sîm
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iá-sim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ia² sim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yěxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yěsin
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³-hsin¹
    • Yale: yě-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeeshin
    • Palladius: есинь (jesinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ sam¹
    • Yale: yéh sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: ia´ xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia´ xim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-sim
    • Tâi-lô: iá-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ia² sim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iá sim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵²⁻³⁵ sim³³/

Noun

野心

1. wild ambition or schemes; careerism

   她在政治上有很大的野心。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā zài zhèngzhì shàng yǒu hěn dà de yěxīn. [Pinyin]

   She has great political ambitions.

Synonyms

• 壯志／壮志 (zhuàngzhì) (great ambitions)
• 夢寐／梦寐 (mèngmèi) (literary)
• 夢想／梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
• 心志 (xīnzhì)
• 心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
• 志事 (zhìshì) (literary)
• 志向 (zhìxiàng)
• 志氣／志气 (zhìqì)
• 懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
• 抱負／抱负 (bàofù)
• 權欲／权欲 (quányù) (derogatory, lust for power)
• 理想 (lǐxiǎng)
• 職志／职志 (zhízhì)
• 雄心 (xióngxīn) (great ambitions)

 

Derived terms

• 狼子野心 (lángzǐyěxīn)
• 豺狼野心
• 野心勃勃 (yěxīnbóbó)
• 野心家 (yěxīnjiā)
• 野心狼

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	心
や Grade: 2	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

野(や)心(しん) • (yashin) 

1. ambition

Korean

Hanja in this term
野	心

Noun

野心 • (yasim) (hangeul 야심)

1. Hanja form^? of 야심 (“ambition, aspiration”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
野	心

Noun

野心

1. chữ Hán form of dã tâm (“intent”).