心計 [－计]

Jyutping sam1 gai3
Pinyin xīn jì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. scheming
  2. shrewdness
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    （​眨義​）​喺​心​裏​面​、​唔​會講​畀​人​聽​嘅​計​謀​、​盤算
    (derogatory) scheming; calculation; literally: heart's plan; plan deep inside the heart
    • 工於心計
      工于心计
      gung1 jyu1 sam1 gai3
      good at scheming
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    calculation; scheming; planning
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他每件事做之前都会细心计划。
    他每件事做之前都會細心計劃。
    tā měi jiàn shì zuò zhī qián dū huì xì xīn jì huà 。
    • He always plans a thing out carefully before he does it.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢头脑好简单，所以唔识玩心计。
    佢頭腦好簡單，所以唔識玩心計。
    keoi5 tau4 nou5 hou2 gaan2 daan1, so2 ji5 m4 sik1 waan2 sam1 gai3.
    • He is simple-minded, so he doesn't know how to deal with scheming.
  2. Cantonese
    TVB啲剧名成日玩食字，好似《金枝欲孽》、《毕打自己人》、《宫心计》咁。
    TVB啲劇名成日玩食字，好似《金枝慾孽》、《畢打自己人》、《宮心計》咁。
    ti1 wi1 bi1 di1 hei3 meng2 seng4 jat6 waan2 sik6 zi6, hou2 ci5 gam1 zi1 juk6 jip6, bat1 daa2 zi6 gei2 jan4, gung1 sam1 gai3 gam2.
    • TVB always makes use of word play in its TV drama names, such as "War And Beauty" (puns with "be born in the purple") , "Off Pedder" (Pedder puns with "not to beat"), "Beyond the Realm of Conscience" (puns with "adept at scheming").
  3. Cantonese
    工于心计
    工於心計
    gung1 jyu1 sam1 gai3
    • good at scheming