置身

Chinese

		to install; to place; to put	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (置身)		置	身
simp. #(置身)		置	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ san¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tì-sin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di³ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshen
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: jr̀-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshen
    • Palladius: чжишэнь (čžišɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ san¹
    • Yale: ji sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tì-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diesyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ sin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di³ sing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tì sing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siŋ³³/

Verb

置身

1. to place oneself in; to stay in

Synonyms

• 交插 (Hokkien)
• 加入 (jiārù)
• 參入／参入 (cānrù)
• 參加／参加 (cānjiā)
• 參插／参插 (Min Nan)
• 參與／参与
• 廁身／厕身 (cèshēn) (humble)
• 插手 (chāshǒu)
• 插腳／插脚 (chājiǎo) (chiefly something one should not participate in)
• 插足 (chāzú) (figurative, usually derogatory)
• 插身 (chāshēn) (figurative)
• 攏場／拢场 (long³chan²) (Xiang)
• 攏邊／拢边 (long³ bienn¹) (Xiang)
• 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)