決心

See also: 决心

Chinese

		breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine	heart; mind
trad. (決心)		決	心
simp. (决心)		决	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juéxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiet-sîm / kiat-sîm
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koat-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juéxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuésin
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²-hsin¹
  - Yale: jywé-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueshin
  - Palladius: цзюэсинь (czjuesinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyut³ sam¹
  - Yale: kyut sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: küd³ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: gied^ˋ xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² sim²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: giad^ˋ xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² sim²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-sim
  - Tâi-lô: kuat-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koatsym
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ sim⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ sim³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵ sim⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ sim⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ sim⁴⁴/

Noun

決心

determination; resolution; resoluteness

Synonyms

心志 (xīnzhì)
志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
意志 (yìzhì)
毅力 (yìlì)
狠心 (hěnxīn)

Verb

決心

to make a decision; to be determined or resolved to do something

Synonyms

下決心 / 下决心 (xià juéxīn)
下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
判決 / 判决 (pànjué)
定奪 / 定夺 (dìngduó)
扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
決定 / 决定 (juédìng)
決意 / 决意 (juéyì)
決斷 / 决断 (juéduàn)
決計 / 决计 (juéjì)
滿意 / 满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)
狠心 (hěnxīn)

Derived terms

下決心 / 下决心 (xià juéxīn)
決心書 / 决心书

Japanese

Kanji in this term
決	心
けつ > けっ Grade: 3	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けっしん [kéꜜsshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ke̞ɕːĩɴ]

Noun

決(けっ)心(しん) • (kesshin)

resolution

Verb

決(けっ)心(しん)する • (kesshin suru) transitive suru (stem 決(けっ)心(しん)し (kesshin shi), past 決(けっ)心(しん)した (kesshin shita))

to make up one's mind; to decide
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 54, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
  私(わたくし)は仕方(しかた)がないから、死(し)んだ気(き)で生(い)きて行(い)こうと決心(けっしん)しました。
  Watakushi wa shikata ga nai kara, shinda ki de ikite ikō to kesshin shimashita.
  I decided I had no choice but to live my life as if I were already dead.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "決心する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	決心し	けっしんし	kesshin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	決心し	けっしんし	kesshin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	決心する	けっしんする	kesshin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	決心する	けっしんする	kesshin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	決心すれ	けっしんすれ	kesshin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	決心せよ¹ 決心しろ²	けっしんせよ¹ けっしんしろ²	kesshin seyo¹ kesshin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	決心される	けっしんされる	kesshin sareru
Causative	決心させる決心さす	けっしんさせるけっしんさす	kesshin saseru kesshin sasu
Potential	決心できる	けっしんできる	kesshin dekiru
Volitional	決心しよう	けっしんしよう	kesshin shiyō
Negative	決心しない	けっしんしない	kesshin shinai
Negative continuative	決心せず	けっしんせず	kesshin sezu
Formal	決心します	けっしんします	kesshin shimasu
Perfective	決心した	けっしんした	kesshin shita
Conjunctive	決心して	けっしんして	kesshin shite
Hypothetical conditional	決心すれば	けっしんすれば	kesshin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“決心”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
決	心

Noun

決心 • (gyeolsim) (hangeul 결심)

hanja form^? of 결심 (“resolution; determination”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
決	心

Verb

決心

chữ Hán form of quyết tâm (“to be determined (to)”)