扣人心弦

Chinese

		10 percent; button; detain	man; person; people	one's heartstrings
simp. and trad. (扣人心弦)		扣	人	心弦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kòurénxīnxián

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄒㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ jan⁴ sam¹ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kòurénxīnxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kòurénsinsián
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴-jên²-hsin¹-hsien²
  - Yale: kòu-rén-syīn-syán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowrenshinshyan
  - Palladius: коужэньсиньсянь (koužɛnʹsinʹsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau³ jan⁴ sam¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: kau yàhn sām yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ jan⁴ sam¹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo³ yen⁴ sem¹ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/

Idiom

扣人心弦

very moving; very touching

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