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to light, to kindle; to touch briefly heart; mind
trad. (點心てんしん) てん しん
simp. (点心てんしん) てん しん
 
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Etymology

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First appeared during the Tang dynasty, e.g. from the Book of Tang:

からていためこう淮留こう家人かじん備夫じん晨饌,夫人ふじんいい其弟曰:『妝未畢,わが及餐,しか且可點心てんしん。』」
Tang Zheng was the official for the Jianghuai region. (One day), after the servants prepared the morning meal, Tang's wife said to his brother, 'I have not finished doing my makeup. You can have some snacks (lit. refresh your hearts) before I am ready to eat.

Pronunciation

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Note: dien3 xin1 - to snack.

Rime
Character てん しん
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (こえ) はし (5) しん (16)
Final (いん) (157) おかせ (139)
Tone (調しらべ) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open Open
Division (ひとし) IV III
Fanqie おおかたじけなきり いきはやしきり
Baxter temX sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/temX/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/temX/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɛmX/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tɛmX/ /sim/
Li
Rong
/temX/ /siəm/
Wang
Li
/tiemX/ /sĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tiemX/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
diǎn xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dim2 sam1

Noun

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點心てんしん

  1. snack; light refreshment
    ぼつどもばんめしわが這兒ゆう點心てんしんしるども [MSC, trad.]
    ぼつどもばんわが这儿ゆう点心てんしんちゃくども [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ méi chī wǎnfàn ba, wǒ zhèr yǒu diǎnxīn, nǐ ná zhe chī. [Pinyin]
    You haven't had dinner. Take this snack.
  2. dim sum
    點心てんしん師傅しふ点心てんしん师傅 [Cantonese]  ―  dim2 sam1 si1 fu6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    わがしょくよんかご點心てんしん [Cantonese, trad.]
    わがしょくよん点心てんしん [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 dei6 sik6 zo2 sei3 ng5 lung4 dim2 sam1. [Jyutping]
    We had four or five baskets of dim sum.
  3. pastry
  4. (dialectal) (light) breakfast
  5. (dialectal Wu) lunch

Synonyms

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  • (lunch):

Derived terms

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Verb

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點心てんしん

  1. (slang) to snack to satisfy one's hunger
  2. (slang) to think over; to consider; to ponder

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (點心てんしん):

Others:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てん しん
てん
Hyōgai
しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

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てん(てん)しん(しん) (tenshin

  1. Kyūjitai form of 点心てんしん: snack; dim sum

Korean

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Hanja in this term
てんしん

Noun

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點心てんしん (jeomsim) (hangeul 점심)

  1. hanja form? of 점심 (lunch, luncheon)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
てんしん

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點心てんしん

  1. chữ Hán form of điểm tâm (breakfast).