處身

Chinese

		a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (處身)		處	身
simp. (处身)		处	身
anagram		身處／身处

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu² san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔshen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu³-shên¹
    • Yale: chǔ-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuushen
    • Palladius: чушэнь (čušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu² san¹
    • Yale: chyú sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy² san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

處身

1. (formal) to place oneself in; to stay in
2. (formal) to settle oneself down; to take shelter

Synonyms

• (to place oneself in):

• 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)
• 置身 (zhìshēn)

 

• (to settle oneself down):

• 存身 (cúnshēn) (literary)
• 安身 (ānshēn) (literary)
• 容身 (róngshēn) (literary)
• 寄寓 (jìyù) (literary)
• 寄居 (jìjū) (to live away from home)
• 寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 居住 (jūzhù)
• 居留 (jūliú)
• 棲身／栖身 (qīshēn)
• 藏身 (cángshēn)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
處	身

Noun

處身 • (cheosin) (hangeul 처신)

1. Hanja form^? of 처신 (“behaviour; demeanour”).