"初心" meaning in 漢語

See 初心 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /t͡sʰo³³⁻²³ sim³³/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, IPA]
  1. 最初的心意
    Sense id: zh-初心-zh-noun-ZAm18OM6 Categories (other): 有使用例的官話詞, 有引文的文言文詞
  2. 初發心願學習佛法者
    Sense id: zh-初心-zh-noun-arCzxDuv Categories (other): 漢語 佛教 Topics: Buddhism
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 初心者
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      "zh_pron": "chʻu¹-hsin¹"
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      "zh_pron": "tso¹ sam¹"
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    "帶「心」的漢語詞",
    "有4個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
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          "text": "既不契于初心,生死永诀。"
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        "Standard Chinese",
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      "zh_pron": "chʻu¹-hsin¹"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh_pron": "chū-syīn"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chushin"
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    {
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      "zh_pron": "чусинь"
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    },
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
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        "Guangzhou",
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "tso¹ sam¹"
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