重心

Chinese

		heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (重心)		重	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶ sam¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiǒng-sim / tiōng-sim / tǎng-sim / tāng-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngsin
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-hsin¹
    • Yale: jùng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqshin
    • Palladius: чжунсинь (čžunsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung⁶ sam¹
    • Yale: juhng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǒng-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tiǒng-sim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²² sim³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tiōng-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioxngsym
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎng-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tǎng-sim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ²² sim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāng-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tāng-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxngsym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /taŋ²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/

Noun

重心

1. (physics, mechanics) center of gravity
2. (mathematics, physics) centroid
3. (figuratively) heart; core; main part

Synonyms

• (centroid): 形心 (xíngxīn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (重心):

• → Japanese: 重心(じゅうしん) (jūshin)
• → Korean: 중심(重心) (jungsim)
• → Vietnamese: trọng tâm (重心)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
重	心
じゅう Grade: 3	しん Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

Blend of 重力 (jūryoku, “gravity”) +‎ 心 (-shin, “center”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːɕĩɴ]

Noun

重(じゅう)心(しん) • (jūshin) 

1. (physics) a center of gravity; a centroid
2. (geometry) a centroid

See also

• 重(じゅう)心(しん)を取(と)る (jūshin o toru)
• 質(しつ)量(りょう)中(ちゅう)心(しん) (shitsuryō chūshin, “center of mass”)
• 垂(すい)心(しん) (suishin, “orthocenter”)
• 外(がい)心(しん) (gaishin, “circumcenter”)
• 内(ない)心(しん) (naishin, “incenter”)
• 傍(ぼう)心(しん) (bōshin, “excenter”)
• 図(ず)心(しん) (zushin)

Korean

Hanja in this term
重	心

Noun

重心 • (jungsim) (hangeul 중심)

1. hanja form^? of 중심 (“centre of gravity”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
重	心

Noun

重心

1. chữ Hán form of trọng tâm (“center of gravity (centre of gravity), centroid, heart; core; main part”).