心曠神怡

Chinese

		heart; mind	waste; wilderness	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	harmony; pleased
trad. (心曠神怡)		心	曠	神	怡
simp. (心旷神怡)		心	旷	神	怡

Etymology

From Yueyang Lou Ji by 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan):

登斯樓也，則有心曠神怡，寵辱皆忘，把酒臨風，其喜洋洋者矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

登斯楼也，则有心旷神怡，宠辱皆忘，把酒临风，其喜洋洋者矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 1046, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記

Dēng sī lóu yě, zé yǒu xīnkuàngshényí, chǒngrǔ jiē wàng, bǎjiǔ lín fēng, qí xǐyángyáng zhě yǐ. [Pinyin]

When one ascends to the tower at this time, he feels carefree and joyous, and forgets all his honor and disgrace; to hold the alcohol against the wind, how joyful is that?

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnkuàngshényí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ kwong³ san⁴ ji⁴
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): sim-khòng-sîn-î

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnkuàngshényí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinkuàngshényí
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kʻuang⁴-shên²-i²
  - Yale: syīn-kwàng-shén-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinkuanqshernyi
  - Palladius: синькуаншэньи (sinʹkuanšɛnʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂən³⁵ i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ kwong³ san⁴ ji⁴
  - Yale: sām kwong sàhn yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ kwong³ san⁴ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ kuong³ sen⁴ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kʷʰɔːŋ³³ sɐn²¹ jiː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-khòng-sîn-î
  - Tâi-lô: sim-khòng-sîn-î
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simqorngsin'ii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕin²⁴⁻²² i²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕim³³ kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕin²⁴⁻²² i²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕin¹³⁻²² i¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕin²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕin²³⁻³³ i²³/

Idiom

心曠神怡

carefree and joyous; relaxed and happy

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